Behind our pensions investigation
I had already done a series of stories on the city pension funds last year, when I heard from my WGN TV colleague, producer Marsha Bartel, about an idea centering...
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Behind our pensions investigation
I had already done a series of stories on the city pension funds last year, when I heard from my WGN TV colleague, producer Marsha Bartel, about an idea centering...
Union leader draws lucrative pension perk based on false information
Every month, Thomas Villanova gets a $9,000 reminder of how lucrative it can be to serve as a union leader in Chicago. The sum is part of a city pension...
Other union officials also violated law by drawing double pension benefits
Thomas Villanova isn't the only official from Local 134 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers who participated in a city pension and a union pension at the same time,...
Union leader draws lucrative pension perk based on false information
Every month, Thomas Villanova gets a $9,000 reminder of how lucrative it can be to serve as a union leader in Chicago. The sum is part of a city pension...
Other union officials also violated law by drawing double pension benefits
Thomas Villanova isn't the only official from Local 134 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers who participated in a city pension and a union pension at the same time,...
How we approached reporting on these medical issues
The baiduhai recently wrote a number of stories about heart valve annuloplasty rings. What goes into reporting such highly technical -- and highly personal -- stories? The first hurdle...
How we approached reporting on these medical issues
The baiduhai recently wrote a number of stories about heart valve annuloplasty rings. What goes into reporting such highly technical -- and highly personal -- stories? The first hurdle...
Patients at heart of medical device issue
Antonitsa Vlahoulis knew as she slipped into unconsciousness on the operating room table that her surgeon would choose which medical device she would receive to fix her leaky heart valve....
Heart-valve rings slip through FDA loophole
If you have a faulty heart valve and decide to get it replaced, a surgeon will implant an artificial one that has undergone rigorous examination by the Food and Drug...