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Hello there everyone, my name is Will McGrath and I am a student at Loyola University Chicago and I study multimedia journalism. I am a huge fan of the Cubs, White Sox, Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls, Fire Fc, Manchester United, Real Madrid, FC Bayern Munich, Juventus, and Paris Saint Germain. I also report on restaurants and how they are doing with the changes with the COVID-19 pandemic and the biggest news stories of the week.

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April 11, 2021

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El Palmar Mexican Restaurant

April 11, 2021

El Palmar Mexican Restaurant is a Mexican Restaurant that has been a favorite for Chicagoans since it opened in 2003. For years they have had the joy of serving people who were looking to eat authentic Mexican food but they had to close down their restaurant for in-person during the beginning of the pandemic. Their business got off to a strong start in 2020 and they projected that they would have one of their best years. But they, unfortunately, had to close down in-person dining when the city of Chicago announced they had to go into lockdown due to the increase of COVID-19 cases. "From what our data suggest at the start of the year 2020, we were headed to one of our best years in a while but all of that abruptly stopped because Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that in-person dining would be closed until they could get the virus in check," said Jorge Ramos, who is the owner of the restaurant. Because of these new changes they were presented with. They had to improvise by allo...

Brandon Johnson wins Chicago mayoral election over challenger Paul Vallas.

May 16, 2023

Brandon Johnson addresses the crowd during a rally at Credit Union One Arena in Chicago on March 30, 2023, (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images.) Brandon Johnson, a Cook County commissioner was elected as the next mayor of Chicago on Tuesday in a victory of former Chicago schools CEO Paul Vallas. With about 91% of the vote counted, Johnson had 51.4% of the vote compared to 48.6% for Vallas. Johnson will succeed current mayor Lori Lightfoot who became the first mayor in 40 years to lose her reelection bid as she finished third behind Johnson and Vallas. Both political candidates ran on the message of crime in the city which saw a 33% increase since 2019. Vallas supported a law-and-order crime that would include hiring hundreds of more police officers to patrol the city and take a taking a hard line on minor crimes while Johnson argued that the city instead should invest in mental health treatment, affordable housing for all and job programs for younger Chicagoans...