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...
Restrictions on private guardianship of vulnerable adults advance in Springfield
Legislation inspired by a baiduhai investigation into some hospitals’ questionable guardianship petitions has advanced...
Hundreds march in Pilsen, demand answers in unsolved fatal hit-and-run
Marcela Herrera, 22, was killed in a hit-and-run nine months ago.
A 69-hour-workday? City of Chicago paid head-scratching legal bills
Legal invoices are one of the only available avenues to evaluate how well Chicago is...
Court battles hit taxpayer wallets
The costs of Chicago police misconduct have grown enormous as the city settles lawsuit after...
As Indiana extends coal and builds data centers, Illinois may be on the hook for neighbor’s AI boom
Postponing the closure of the Schahfer coal plant also means continued exposure to toxic emissions...
At one time, Illinois was a top oil producer. Today, that legacy is a $160M problem.
Abandoned oil and gas wells pose environmental and public health risks. For three decades, the...
Tribune investigation into hospitals’ use of guardianship system inspires new bill
A baiduhai investigation exposing some hospitals’ questionable use of the state’s guardianship system has...
Before Congress, Jonathan Jackson owned a construction firm. It got $750K from Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois.
State-funded work came after Jonathan Jackson was paid as a $13,000-a-month consultant for JB Pritzker’s...
Immigration agents’ poor tactics in Chicago made for needless safety risks, experts say
A Tribune review found immigration agents in Chicago routinely broke urban policing protocols meant to...
A border crosser. An execution killing. And political theater.
Trump’s DHS blamed Democrats for a Chicago homicide, but it didn't take key action in...