Investigations – Page 37

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...

Now retired Exelon Utilities CEO Anne Pramaggiore speaks during a press conference on July 25, 2017, in downtown Chicago.

Former Exelon CEO Anne Pramaggiore, who abruptly retired amid federal probe, also has resigned as Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago chair

By Ray Long

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

The Exelon Utilities CEO who retired abruptly two weeks ago amid a wide-ranging federal investigation...

Lou Presta, the mayor of Crestwood, Oct. 8, 2016.

Feds looking at Crestwood mayor’s expense reimbursements as part of wide-ranging investigation

By Joe Mahr

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

Federal authorities sought information related to $27,000 worth of expense reimbursements to Crestwood's mayor as...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, right, joined by CPS CEO Janice Jackson, makes a statement about the Chicago Teachers Union strike on Oct. 29, 2019, at City Hall.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the CTU are battling over TIF money. Here’s what you need to know.

By Hal Dardick

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

As the teachers strike is poised to enter its 10th school day, the issue of...

JoAnn Cunningham, 37, cries during her sentencing hearing in Woodstock, July 16, 2020.

The untold story of AJ Freund’s tragically short life: A time of hope. A violent death.

By Christy Gutowski

July 25, 2024 at 2:21 p.m.

On the night of Oct. 14, 2013, Andrew Freund Jr. came into the world through...

A K-9 officer works near the home of 5-year-old AJ Freund on April 18, 2019, in Crystal Lake. The boy had been reported missing but later was found dead.

Two troubled people met at a McHenry County courthouse in 2012. Today, they stand charged in the murder of their 5-year-old son.

By Christy Gutowski

July 25, 2024 at 2:24 p.m.

He noticed her crying that day inside the McHenry County courthouse. JoAnn Cunningham was facing...

When Tribune reporters dropped off prescriptions for two medications that can be harmful or even fatal if taken together, pharmacists often did not say a word about the risks.

Illinois pharmacists would get breaks, more time to get prescriptions right under patient safety plan spurred by Tribune investigation

By Ray Long

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration is pushing changes in state regulations to require pharmacists take breaks...

Senetra Cross touches the head of Calvin Cross Jr., the son of her brother Calvin Cross, next to the man's grave in Homewood in May 2016. Calvin Cross' niece Lashaunda is at right. Cross was fatally shot by police in 2011.

Investigators find Chicago cop had ‘reckless disregard for human life’ in fatal shooting of fleeing teen. But officer can’t be fired because ruling came too late.

By Dan Hinkel

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

The Chicago police disciplinary authority has ruled that an officer was unjustified in the 2011...

City Club of Chicago President Jay Doherty listens during a 2017 meeting at Maggiano's Little Italy. The City Club has confirmed it has been served with a federal grand jury subpoena in what sources said is part of an ongoing probe into ComEd's lobbying practices. Doherty is a ComEd lobbyist.

Feds asked for information about Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in City Club of Chicago subpoena

By Jason Meisner

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

Federal investigators sought information about Democratic Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in a subpoena and...

Illinois' new Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith, second from left, and members of his staff attend an Illinois Appropriations-Human Services Committee meeting about the department's procedures in the case of Andrew "AJ" Freund in April 2019 at the Micheal Bilandic Building.

AJ Freund case shows lapses in protection by child welfare workers

By Christy Gutowski

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

Six months after 5-year-old Andrew "AJ" Freund's brutal death exposed oversight issues at the Illinois...

Shuttle busses have temporarily replaced the "people mover" to get travelers to terminals and parking lots at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, on May 20, 2019.

Sorry, holiday travelers: Reopening of O’Hare ‘people mover’ delayed again, to early 2020

By Joe Mahr

June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

O'Hare International Airport flyers will be without the airport's light rail system through at least...