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Tara Wandick talks about her son, Deron Hardge, 28, during a visit at his group home on Oct. 13, 2016, in Chicago. Wandick moved Hardge there after he suffered a serious medical crisis at his previous home in Harvey because of what she believes was neglect.

Group home provider’s license is pulled over ‘imminent risk’ to residents

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

The Illinois Department of Human Services has revoked the license of a group home provider that was spotlighted in a baiduhai investigation this month, citing the state-funded business for...

JoAnna Mullis sits next to the grave of her mother, Tina Marie Douglas, who was fatally struck in traffic after fleeing her Lockport group home in 2013. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Tribune watchdog: Suffering in secret

July 2, 2026 at 1:44 p.m.

The Douglas investigation is one of hundreds in which self-policing played a role in determining whether neglect had occurred.

Barbara Chyette holds up a picture of her late brother, Loren Braun, a group home resident who choked to death during a supervised outing. (John J. Kim / baiduhai)

Tribune watchdog: Suffering in secret

July 2, 2026 at 1:47 p.m.

The house had no address; the dead man had no name. Illinois officials blacked out those details from their investigative report. Nobody else was supposed to learn the man's identity...

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.

Flawed investigations fail victims of abuse, neglect in group homes

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

On her last night at a Lockport group home, Tina Marie Douglas tossed her few possessions in the trash and warned caregivers that she planned to run away in the...

A Chicago police sergeant instructs officers at a shooting scene in the 7300 block of South Merrill Avenue late on July 28, 2016.

3rd cop loses police powers; autopsy shows man shot in South Shore died from wound to back

May 22, 2019 at 10:15 p.m.

A third Chicago police officer has been relieved of police powers after department brass made the preliminary determination that officer and two others violated policy when they fired their weapons...

University of Illinois scientist Aaron Hager pulls a Palmer amaranth plant. The superweed, which chokes agricultural crops, has strong roots, and its long panicles can spread 250,000 seeds.

Congress questions EPA about Dow’s Enlist Duo pesticide risks

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

Thirty-five members of Congress are questioning Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy about her agency's review of a controversial Dow Chemical Co. weedkiller that was the subject of a Chicago...

Court clears way for revival of worrisome weedkiller

June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

A federal appellate court decision this week handed a victory to Dow Chemical Co.'s efforts to revive a World War II-era weedkiller and brought the next generation of genetically modified...

Jon Bakehouse loads his planter with genetically modified corn seeds before heading out to plant on April 30, 2015. He and his father have planted genetically modified corn and soybeans for more than a decade at their Iowa farm.

An Iowa farmer depends on pesticides. His son asks: Is there a better way?

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

Jon Bakehouse, who grows corn, soybeans and a little alfalfa in a setting worthy of a landscape painting, is talking fervently at the dining room table once again. About chemicals...

At the 2014 Farm Progress Show in central Iowa, lines of farmers gazed at Dow's vision of the future of American agriculture: rows of soybeans and corn plants genetically engineered to withstand 2,4-D and glyphosate.

EPA tosses aside safety data, says Dow pesticide for GMOs won’t harm people

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

When Monsanto genetically engineered corn and soybeans to make them immune to its best-selling weedkiller, the company pitched the technology as a way to reduce overall use of herbicides and...

Naperville doctor disciplined in controversial autism case

August 18, 2019 at 6:31 p.m.

A Naperville doctor nationally known for offering alternative autism treatments has agreed to have her Illinois medical license placed on probation for at least a year after state regulators accused...

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