Investigations – Page 42

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...

Attorney David Novoselsky, shown in 2005, said June 12, 2019, that he was shocked by a discliplinary commission's recommendation that he be disbarred.

Lawyer should lose license for misconduct in case of girl who watched mother run over by bus, panel says

By Todd Lighty

June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m.

A prominent Chicago lawyer should lose his law license for engaging in a "calculated scheme"...

Cook County Public Guardian Charles Golbert said about the Child Link audit, "That's DCFS money intended for kids."

DCFS says nonprofit misused taxpayer dollars, demands repayment of $100K

By Christy Gutowski

June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m.

A Chicago nonprofit that provides adoption, foster care and related services for abused and neglected...

State lawmakers passed a bill that would increase penalties for short staffing at nursing homes.

Understaffed nursing homes face hefty fines under newly passed Illinois legislation

By Joe Mahr

June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m.

Illinois' nursing homes would face significant penalties for short-staffing — and loved ones could more...

CPS elected school board isn’t the answer

By baiduhai

June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m.

Why is Mayor Lori Lightfoot so anxious to pass the responsibility for educating our young...

President Donald Trump speaks about Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election in the Rose Garden at the White House May 22, 2019 in Washington, DC.

Quickly

By baiduhai

June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m.

What's Quickly? It's where readers sound off on the issues of the day. Have a...

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., leads his panel on a hearing about executive privilege and congressional oversight, on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 15, 2019.

Trump escalates resistance to House probes, refuses to comply with requests

By Associated Press

June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m.

The White House sharply escalated its resistance to congressional attempts to investigate President Donald Trump...

Hubbard High School is shown on May 13, 2019. In recent months, CPS moved to fire four current or former Hubbard teachers for misconduct.

CPS moves to fire Hubbard teachers for sexual misconduct; ex-principal put on do-not-hire list

By Jennifer Smith Richards

June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m.

Heightened scrutiny of abuse allegations in the Chicago Public Schools has prompted significant changes and...

Pursuing impeachment would backfire

By baiduhai

June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m.

I believe an excellent case can be made for impeaching President Donald Trump. So I...

Flowers and toys mark the grave of Sema'j Crosby at Elmhurst Cemetery on May 30, 2017. She was found dead the month before in her Joliet Township home.

As new DCFS report highlights failures, Cook County guardian says ‘inept’ child welfare agency is ‘not doing its job … at every level’

By Elyssa Cherney

June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m.

A new report from the Illinois auditor general slammed the state's troubled child welfare agency...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, center, with Cook County Commissioner Roberto Maldonado, followed by former Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez, after announcing an intergovernmental domestic violence task force pilot, on March 20, 2014.

Launched with great fanfare, Chicago’s effort to help domestic violence victims has fallen short of its promises

By David Jackson

June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel used a flurry of news releases to announce Chicago's innovative domestic violence...