Illinois plastic surgeon with 8 patient deaths faces another license suspension
The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs temporarily suspended Dr. Ayoub Sayeg’s medical license,...
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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...
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...
Violent crime rate doubles on CTA rail system, even with stepped-up police efforts and far fewer riders: ‘The people that are driving the crime never left the system’
The rate of violent crime on CTA trains and platforms has more than doubled this...
Thousands of languishing vacant and abandoned properties with unpaid taxes harm Black neighborhoods and suburbs. Cook County treasurer says program aimed at fixing the problem is not working.
Every two years, Cook County conducts what's called the scavenger sale. Tens of thousands of...
Secluding schoolchildren in isolated spaces would be illegal under a new federal bill, introduced one year after Tribune/ProPublica Illinois investigation
Congressional Democrats introduced legislation Thursday that would make it illegal to put students in seclusion...
Chicago police reverse course, signal move back to longer narcotics investigations
The Chicago Police Department plans to add as many as 100 officers to its citywide...
More than 10,000 times in a single year, Illinois schools put children into seclusion, latest federal data shows
Illinois schools reported putting students into seclusion at least 10,776 times in the 2017-18 school...
Kendall County sheriff’s deputies begin wearing body cameras
Deputies with the Kendall County Sheriff's Office began wearing body cameras this week through a...
Body bags, hotel rooms — and grenades? How Illinois has spent over $1.6 billion in response to COVID-19.
Fighting — and adapting to — the coronavirus pandemic in Illinois has been costly. As...
Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘Pritzker and the corrupt Illinois politicians are coming to the middle class for their tax money’
Editor's note Talk of the County is a reader-generated column of opinions. If you see...
Illinois confirms COVID-19 outbreaks in 44 schools this school year but won’t say where they occurred
Nearly two months into the school year, Illinois public health officials said they have verified...
House Speaker Michael Madigan says it’s not ‘ethically improper’ to find government jobs for people. Here’s what he’s failing to mention.
For years, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has defended his aggressive push to land political...