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Sen. Duckworth urges George Washington University grads to ‘get involved, not discouraged’

May 22, 2019 at 11:27 p.m.

With the Washington Monument behind her, U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth on Sunday implored the graduates of George Washington University to "get involved, not discouraged" by the divisive politics in the...

Proposed laws aim to reform group homes for adults with disabilities

June 14, 2024 at 6:45 p.m.

State lawmakers are proposing six new laws that would strengthen licensing requirements and oversight for thousands of group homes for adults with disabilities following a baiduhai investigation, "Suffering in...

The Rev. Michael Pfleger, of Chicago, gives the keynote speech at the Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Commemorative Service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is at right.

Pfleger calls Trump a ‘bully’ and ‘anchor of fake news’ at MLK event

May 22, 2019 at 10:57 p.m.

The Rev. Michael Pfleger, the South Side pastor and social justice activist, lambasted President-elect Donald Trump as being a bully and an "anchor of fake news" in the keynote speech...

Reuben Goodwin Sr. as he arrives to court on the 24th floor of the Daley Center. Friday, December 16, 2016.

Last of missing residents from shuttered group home is found

June 14, 2024 at 6:45 p.m.

The last of the residents who went missing when Illinois licensing officials shut down their group homes was found safe with family on Friday, ending a search that had dragged...

Mark Winkeler needs 24-hour care and has lived his entire adult life at Murray Developmental Center. His mother, Rita, and others sued when the Quinn administration sought to close Murray and move residents into group homes. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Tribune watchdog: A troubled transition

July 2, 2026 at 2:32 p.m.

The Tribune's "Suffering in Secret" investigation uncovered a system where caregivers often failed to provide basic care while regulators cloaked harm and death with secrecy and silence.

Disability Services CEO Reuben Goodwin Sr. arrives at the Daley Center on Dec 13, 2016, for a hearing related to a state request for an order compelling his company to turn over its remaining group home residents to state caseworkers.

2 residents from now-shuttered group homes found; 1 remains missing

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

Two residents who went missing from now-shuttered group homes for adults with developmental disabilities have been found. Attorneys for the state, though, alleged in Cook County court Wednesday that an...

Disability Services of Illinois CEO Reuben Goodwin Sr. arrives at court on the 24th floor of the Daley Center. Friday, December 16, 2016.

Man missing from group home found wandering Chicago streets

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

A man with developmental disabilities who had been missing since the state revoked the license of his group home provider weeks ago was found wandering Chicago's streets in the cold...

Disability Services CEO Reuben Goodwin Sr. arrives at court at the Daley Center on Dec. 16, 2016, in Chicago.

Group homes CEO tells judge he doesn’t know location of 6 residents

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

In a stunning admission, the chief executive of a troubled network of group homes told a judge Friday that he didn't know the whereabouts of six of his residents with...

Judge demands group home business hand over residents, cites risk of ‘injury’

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

Citing the possibility of "irreparable injury," a Cook County judge Tuesday gave a troubled group home business four hours to turn over 18 adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities so...

Deron Hardge, 28, walks through the kitchen of his group home on the West Side of Chicago. When Hardge suffered a medical crisis at a group home in Harvey, where he was placed previously, testing later showed he barely had any of his anti-seizure medicine in his system when he arrived at the hospital.

Judge sides with state against embattled group home operator facing shutdown

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

A Cook County judge Monday refused to halt a state shutdown of a troubled network of group homes for adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities. In its "Suffering in Secret"...

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