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...
Illinois lawmakers push for national ban on seclusion in schools, citing a Tribune-ProPublica investigation By Jennifer Smith Richards July 25, 2024 at 1:55 p.m. This story is a collaboration between the baiduhai and ProPublica Illinois. Saying tens of...
Preckwinkle seeks more control over county health board after CEO ousted with $542,000 severance By Hal Dardick June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is seeking veto power over the selection of the...
Letter urging Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos against seclusion rooms By baiduhai June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m. Saying tens of millions of children are at risk, two U.S. senators and 10 members...
Investigators exploring whether ‘rape in Champaign’ email is linked to early release of prison inmate, sources say By David Heinzmann June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m. State investigators are looking into whether an explosive email that refers to keeping quiet about...
Source: Federal authorities ask Speaker Michael Madigan confidant to cooperate in probe By Jason Meisner June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m. Federal authorities have asked a longtime confidant of House Speaker Michael Madigan to cooperate with...
Cost of dismissing Cook County hospital CEO? More than $600,000, plus a big pension. By Hal Dardick June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m. The Cook County health board's decision to part ways with its CEO will prove costly...
Secluding students in small rooms should be illegal in Illinois, educators and advocates tell lawmakers By Jennifer Smith Richards June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m. This is story is the result of a collaboration between the baiduhai and ProPublica...
We sent a reporter to a class where school workers learn to restrain students. Here’s what it was like. By Jennifer Smith Richards June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m. In the year that the Tribune and ProPublica Illinois have reported on Illinois schools' use...
Uptown psychiatric facility dubbed ‘hospital of horrors’ loses federal funding, state license in jeopardy By Christy Gutowski June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m. Facing a cutoff of federal funding and potential revocation of its state license, an Uptown...
Nearly 150,000 in Pennsylvania will be forced to change medications beginning Jan. 1. Here’s why By Aneri Pattani June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m. Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with...