Illinois plastic surgeon with 8 patient deaths faces another license suspension By Christy Gutowski October 6, 2026 at 11:14 a.m. The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs temporarily suspended Dr. Ayoub Sayeg’s medical license,...
Illinois, Chicago, Cook County got $11B in pandemic aid but there were gaps in oversight and transparency By Dan Petrella September 13, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. The Tribune and the University of Chicago's Mansueto Institute examined how Illinois, Chicago and Cook...
Illinois ignores rules and red flags as ‘servant leader’ runs up $100M state tab, then closes 2 hospitals By Joe Mahr August 30, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. West Suburban and Weiss Memorial's collapse illustrates what can go wrong in a state that...
Climate change is turning air conditioning into a matter of life and death. But government help is lacking. By Sarah Macaraeg June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m. If it were up to Jacques Wallace, no Chicagoan would find a loved one dead...
Sewage sludge contaminated with toxic forever chemicals spread on thousands of acres of Chicago-area farmland By Michael Hawthorne June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m. Ray Dettmering didn't think twice after a salesman knocked on his door a decade ago...
Researchers urge doctors to test patients for toxic forever chemicals, which could cost Americans nearly $63 billion in hidden health costs By Michael Hawthorne June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m. Physicians should test millions of Americans for toxic forever chemicals, the nation's leading scientific advisory...
School ticketing data update shows racial disparity at Naperville North By Jennifer Smith Richards June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m. Newly obtained police records from five Chicago suburbs offer additional details about students getting ticketed...
More than 8 million Illinoisans get drinking water from a utility where forever chemicals have been detected, Tribune investigation finds By Michael Hawthorne June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m. Something as simple as drinking tap water is exposing millions of Illinoisans to toxic chemicals...
Persistent farmer whose cows died from a mysterious disease helped unravel the origin of toxic chemicals By Michael Hawthorne June 14, 2024 at 6:45 p.m. If Wilbur Earl Tennant's cows hadn't died from a mysterious wasting disease during the 1990s,...
The origin of these highly toxic man-made chemicals By Michael Hawthorne June 14, 2024 at 6:45 p.m. PFAS are per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, highly toxic man-made chemicals used in industrial and consumer...
Chicago public school dress codes now cannot ban head coverings tied to race, ethnicity By Emily Hoerner June 14, 2024 at 6:45 p.m. Starting next school year, dress code policies at Chicago's public schools can no longer ban...
A teen was ticketed at Naperville North for theft. 30 months later, she’s still fighting to clear her name. By Jennifer Smith Richards February 4, 2025 at 10:59 a.m. From the moment Amara Harris was accused of stealing another student's AirPods at Naperville North...
No hoodies. No do-rags. No spaghetti straps. In Chicago Public Schools, dress codes leave many students feeling slighted. By Emily Hoerner September 17, 2024 at 9:06 p.m. At Cassell Elementary in Mount Greenwood, girls are instructed in this year's student handbook that...