Investigations – Page 72

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...

A crew replaces a water main along Ridge Avenue on July 14, 2016.

Chicago to test for lead in water on higher-risk streets

By Michael Hawthorne

June 14, 2024 at 6:45 p.m.

With rising public concern about the threat posed by lead pipes connecting thousands of Chicago...

Lynn Sapyta, former College of DuPage controller, did not engage in misconduct or intentionally violate school policy, according to a court ruling.

Employment board: Ex-College of DuPage controller entitled to unemployment benefits

By Dawn Rhodes

June 14, 2024 at 6:45 p.m.

A state employment agency dealt College of DuPage another setback in its attempt to deny...

Hog waste spills damage Illinois waterways

By David Jackson

June 14, 2024 at 6:45 p.m.

Holding thousands of pigs at a time, modern livestock confinements are designed to store millions...

Humane pork? Breaking down store labels

By David Jackson

June 14, 2024 at 6:45 p.m.

Public opinion research shows consumers overwhelmingly care about the handling of hogs and other livestock...

Jeff Seabaugh walks through a shed housing large pigs at his operation in Montgomery County, Ill. Seabaugh grows about 20,000 pigs each year.

Contract pig farming can be grueling, low-income work

By baiduhai

June 14, 2024 at 6:45 p.m.

Pig farmer Jeff Seabaugh tells what it's like to raise hogs on contract for big...

Retired farmer Leland Ponton, who lives near Beaver Creek, said he's finally seeing some improvement in the creek after a 2012 waste spill allegedly caused by an Iroquois County, Ill., hog confinement devastated the fish population.

Pig waste spills prove deadly to rural Illinois waterways

By baiduhai

June 14, 2024 at 6:45 p.m.

As massive hog confinements spring up across Illinois, pig waste spills have destroyed fish and...

Workers Buddy Clark, left, and Jacob Longwell move sows into stalls at Borgic Farms in Montgomery County, Ill. Gestation stalls — and separate farrowing stalls that hold sows while they give birth and suckle their newborns — have unleashed a furious battle between pork producers who call them safe and opponents who say they amount to animal torture.

Pig breeding and raising

By baiduhai

June 14, 2024 at 6:45 p.m.

Questions about how pigs are bred and raised are putting pressures on a U.S. livestock...

Matt Heissinger, shown at his family's farm in Sangamon County, Ill., said his family's quality of life has been ruined and the farm's property value has been cut in half because of a neighbor's 3,600-hog confinement facility.

Illinois’ pig production

By baiduhai

June 14, 2024 at 6:45 p.m.

Across Illinois, large hog confinements have exploded in number and size — factorylike operations that...

Using stingray devices, police can zero in on the location of a particular cellphone and identify the serial numbers of all phones in the area.

Rauner OKs regulating police use of cellphone data tracking

By Associated Press

June 14, 2024 at 6:45 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed a law limiting police use of devices that can collect...

Allendale Association, a north suburban residential facility where a teen died earlier this year, is the subject of a report commissioned by state child welfare officials that reveals deficiencies threatening the safety of children placed there.

Report criticizes state youth facility where teen died

By Duaa Eldeib

June 14, 2024 at 6:45 p.m.

A new report commissioned by state child welfare officials reveals systemic breakdowns and deficiencies threatening...