Illinois HR 939: CONGRATS-CHI TRIBUNE PULITZER

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HR0939 EnrolledLRB104 22108 RMO 38282 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION 939

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 

3Representatives are proud to congratulate Laura Rodriguez, 

4Gregory Pratt, and editor Erika Slife on receiving the 2026 

5Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for their courageous and 

6impactful coverage of Operation Midway Blitz; and

7 WHEREAS, Through fearless investigative journalism and 

8powerful storytelling published by the Chicago Tribune, Laura 

9Rodriguez, Gregory Pratt, Adriana Perez, Kate Perez, Richie 

10Requena, editor Erika Slife, and Tribune staff documented 

11militarized immigration enforcement operations that 

12traumatized immigrant families and communities across the 

13Chicagoland area; and

14 WHEREAS, The Chicago Tribune's Operation Midway Blitz 

15reporting exposed the fear, uncertainty, and harm experienced 

16by working families while elevating the voices of residents, 

17advocates, students, workers, and local communities who came 

18together in resistance and solidarity; and

19 WHEREAS, The Pulitzer Prize Board recognized the Chicago 

20Tribune's reporting "for its powerful coverage of the Trump 

21administration's militarized immigration sweep of the city 

22that described in vivid, muscular prose how the siege-like 

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1incursion of ICE agents unified Chicagoans in resistance"; and

2 WHEREAS, At a time when immigrant communities have too 

3often been targeted, silenced, or dehumanized, the work of 

4Laura Rodriguez, Gregory Pratt, and editor Erika Slife 

5demonstrated the essential role journalism plays in protecting 

6democracy, demanding accountability,