Investigations – Page 24

Dr. Ayoub Sayeg arrives at a court hearing at the Daley Center in the Loop on Aug. 19, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

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,...

Gov. JB Pritzker joined Mayor Lori Lightfoot, right, Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle, second from left, and public health experts in updating residents on March 12, 2020, in the early days of the pandemic. Illinois, Chicago and Cook County received $11 billion through the American Rescue Plan Act amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A Tribune-University of Chicago Mansueto Institute analysis revealed few efforts to identify potential waste and abuse of that money. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

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...

Weiss Memorial Hospital, in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood, was closed in August 2025 after federal regulators cut off Medicare funding over safety issues. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

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...

Stateville Correctional Center personnel in April pull carts of hand sanitizer and bars of soap dropped near the main entrance of the prison near Joliet.

Illinois will soon begin vaccinating prisoners against COVID-19. Some politicians question state’s priorities.

By Christy Gutowski

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

After a deadly second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Illinois prisons sickened thousands of...

U.S. Attorney John Lausch speaks with reporters at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Nov. 14, 2018 in Chicago.

Editorial: President Biden, make John Lausch exception No. 3

By The Editorial Board

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

While the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump unfolds in the Senate, dominating cable...

Firefighters work to fight a blaze at the mayor's office set on fire during a protest against the shooting of a street juggler killed by police during an identity check, in Panguipulli, Chile, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021.

Police shooting of street juggler sets off fiery protests in Chile

By Associated Press

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

The shooting of a street juggler has set off protests over alleged police violence in...

Gold Rush Gaming machines at Shelby's in Berwyn on Jan. 20, 2021.

How a fight over slot machines led state investigators to probe two Illinois video gambling kings

By David Heinzmann

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

An increasingly bitter lawsuit between two of Illinois' biggest video gambling executives has put both...

Tax business cited for violating COVID-19 restrictions with illegal club; River North restaurant charged with being over capacity

By Josh Noel

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

A South Side tax preparation business has been cited for violating COVID-19 regulations by allegedly...

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi sits in his home office in Oak Park while video conferencing with a group.

New Cook County property assessments continue to shift tax burden from homeowners to businesses in south suburbs

By Hal Dardick

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

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi's attempts to fix a property tax assessment system widely viewed...

Parishioners raise their hands in worship as the Rev. Michael Pfleger leads the Sunday morning service at St. Sabina Church on June 6, 2021. "It's good to be home," an emotional Pfleger said to a packed and jubilant crowd at St. Sabina Church — his first time leading a congregation in five months.

2 brothers describe allegations of abuse by the Rev. Michael Pfleger: ‘I’m not carrying this burden, not one more year’

By Christy Gutowski

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

They grew up in an impoverished neighborhood on Chicago's West Side, the two youngest of...

Bill sponsor state Sen. Ann Gillespie applauds during a session Jan. 13, 2021, at the Capitol in Springfield.

Time runs out for ban on locked seclusion and face-down restraints in Illinois schools; advocates vow to try again

By Jennifer Smith Richards

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

This story is a collaboration between the baiduhai and ProPublica. Illinois lawmakers had the...

Members of End Illinois Prison Lockdown Coalition rally as they call out Gov. J.B. Pritker for failure to protect the health and safety of those in prison from COVID-19, outside the Thompson Center in Chicago on Dec. 15, 2020.

COVID-19 cases and deaths are surging again in Illinois prisons, as inmates and advocates call for more action

By Christy Gutowski

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

As a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic spread rapidly through Illinois prisons this fall,...

Consuelo Vargas, an ER nurse at Stroger Hospital, attends a rally with other front-line workers in opposition to funding cuts Dec. 10, 2020, outside Provident Hospital.

Hospital staff shortages

By Contributed Content

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

As doctors and nurses on the front lines fight the pandemic's surge, roughly 1 in...