Illinois, Chicago, Cook County got $11B in pandemic aid but there were gaps in oversight and transparency
The Tribune and the University of Chicago's Mansueto Institute examined how Illinois, Chicago and Cook...
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Illinois ignores rules and red flags as ‘servant leader’ runs up $100M state tab, then closes 2 hospitals
West Suburban and Weiss Memorial's collapse illustrates what can go wrong in a state that...
Data centers near O’Hare win nearly $100M in local tax breaks, leaving suburban homeowners to cover the gap
Northwest suburban data centers had nearly $2 billion knocked off their taxable property values, an...
Illinois day cares struggle to reduce lead discovered through mandatory water testing
When administrators at Open Arms Christian Child Development Center in Glenview learned they had to...
Did your Illinois public school find lead in its water? Look up results here
A 2017 Illinois law required elementary schools to test each of their drinking water sources...
With no state funding and shifting guidance, schools’ actions on lead in water vary widely
When officials from the Winnetka School District 36 on Chicago's North Shore discovered traces of...
An Illinois law required schools to test water for lead. They found it all over the state.
Most Illinois public school districts that tested sinks and fountains for tiny traces of brain-damaging...
Naperville man working as a Homeland Security investigation agent convicted on corruption, tax charges
A Naperville man who worked as a special agent for U.S. Department of Homeland Security...
Cook County prosecutors take step to streamline evidence tracking in court system long plagued by delays
In a move that could help speed up prosecution of notoriously slow criminal cases, the...
Stalled Justice: Delays in the Cook County courts
Another hearing. Another delay. This is what passes for progress in the Cook County criminal...
Stalled Justice: As court delays worsen, officials have failed to embrace reforms. Here are steps they could take.
A decade ago, the court systems in both New York City and Chicago were so...
Stalled Justice: Judges could push the pace on slow-moving murder cases. Most of them don’t.
For years, two veteran Cook County judges presided over fifth-floor courtrooms just down the hall...
Worth Bingham Prize goes to Tribune, ProPublica for school ticketing investigation ‘The Price Kids Pay’
A collaboration between the baiduhai and ProPublica about police and schools punishing students with...