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HR0939 • 2026
CONGRATS-CHI TRIBUNE PULITZER
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CONGRATS-CHI TRIBUNE PULITZER
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Resolution Adopted 076-032-000
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee ; by Voice Vote
Recommends Be Adopted as Amended Executive Committee ; 012-000-000
Placed on Calendar Order of Resolutions
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Norma Hernandez
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
Assigned to Executive Committee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Executive Committee ; Rep. Bob Morgan
Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 078-038-000
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Norma Hernandez
CONGRATS-CHI TRIBUNE PULITZER
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Full Text of HR0939 Home Legislation Full Text HR0939 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Enrolled House Amendment 001 Printer Friendly Version Introduced Enrolled House Amendment 001 Open PDF HR0939 Enrolled LRB104 22108 RMO 38282 r 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION 939 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 3 Representatives are proud to congratulate Laura Rodriguez, 4 Gregory Pratt, and editor Erika Slife on receiving the 2026 5 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for their courageous and 6 impactful coverage of Operation Midway Blitz; and 7 WHEREAS, Through fearless investigative journalism and 8 powerful storytelling published by the Chicago Tribune, Laura 9 Rodriguez, Gregory Pratt, Adriana Perez, Kate Perez, Richie 10 Requena, editor Erika Slife, and Tribune staff documented 11 militarized immigration enforcement operations that 12 traumatized immigrant families and communities across the 13 Chicagoland area; and 14 WHEREAS, The Chicago Tribune's Operation Midway Blitz 15 reporting exposed the fear, uncertainty, and harm experienced 16 by working families while elevating the voices of residents, 17 advocates, students, workers, and local communities who came 18 together in resistance and solidarity; and 19 WHEREAS, The Pulitzer Prize Board recognized the Chicago 20 Tribune's reporting "for its powerful coverage of the Trump 21 administration's militarized immigration sweep of the city 22 that described in vivid, muscular prose how the siege-like HR0939 Enrolled - 2 - LRB104 22108 RMO 38282 r 1 incursion of ICE agents unified Chicagoans in resistance"; and 2 WHEREAS, At a time when immigrant communities have too 3 often been targeted, silenced, or dehumanized, the work of 4 Laura Rodriguez, Gregory Pratt, and editor Erika Slife 5 demonstrated the essential role journalism plays in protecting 6 democracy, demanding accountability, and ensuring that the 7 stories of impacted communities are not ignored; and 8 WHEREAS, The Chicago Tribune's coverage of Operation 9 Midway Blitz helped bring national attention to the realities 10 facing Latino and immigrant communities in Illinois and serves 11 as an important historical record of a painful chapter that 12 deeply affected families throughout the region; and 13 WHEREAS, A free and courageous press is fundamental to 14 democracy and public accountability, especially when reporting 15 on abuses of power and the lived experiences of vulnerable 16 communities; therefore, be it 17 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 18 HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 19 we congratulate Laura Rodriguez, Gregory Pratt, and editor 20 Erika Slife on receiving the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Local 21 Reporting, and we thank them for their commitment to truth, 22 justice, accountability, and the people of Illinois; and be it HR0939 Enrolled - 3 - LRB104 22108 RMO 38282 r 1 further 2 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 3 presented to Laura Rodriguez, Gregory Pratt, and Erika Slife 4 as a symbol of our respect and appreciation. 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