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...
The Tylenol murders: Timeline of key events before and after the 1982 poisonings
For decades, the Tylenol murders have been one of the nation's most terrifying mysteries.
Pritzker’s oversight of social services questioned amid abuse allegations at Choate mental health facility
In a small southern Illinois town earlier this year, a 58-year-old employee at the Choate...
The Tylenol murders, part 6: A sting operation turned up the heat on a ‘perfect cold case’
Nearly a quarter-century after the Tylenol murders, retired FBI agent Roy Lane Jr. received an...
The Price Kids Pay: Ticketed at school
Thousands of Illinois students a year are receiving tickets at school for conduct that violates...
Forever chemicals: They’re in your drinking water and likely your food. Read the Tribune investigation
Something as simple as drinking tap water is exposing millions of Illinoisans to toxic chemicals...
Photos: The Tylenol drawings of James Lewis
This James Lewis drawing depicts a way to use a test tube and paper to...
The Tylenol murders, part 5: For the Tylenol task force and their top suspect, the game is on
There is a PowerPoint presentation outlining all the evidence in the case, but it's not...
The Tylenol murders, part 4: ‘That’s Jim Lewis!’ The task force turns its attention to a man with a disturbing past.
The law enforcement officials gathered to discuss the Tylenol murders in July 2022 don't need...
The Tylenol murders: 40 years ago, an infamous Chicago-area crime took these 7 lives
The 1982 Tylenol poisonings panicked the nation. Bottles were pulled off shelves across the U.S.,...
The Tylenol murders, part 3: Chicago police zero in on a suspect, and the case claims an 8th victim
Even before the July 2022 video conference on the Tylenol murders, DuPage County prosecutors know...