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...
Mortgage company Guaranteed Rate changing its name to Rate
Chicago-based mortgage company Guaranteed Rate is changing its name to Rate, according to company communications...
Verbal abuse, a ‘sex-driven’ culture: Ex-employees describe toxic environment at Guaranteed Rate
Ex-employees allege they experienced persistent verbal abuse and a misogynistic environment at Chicago-based mortgage company...
A young mother’s murder horrified central Illinois. Decades later, the family convicted in her death says DNA proves they’re innocent.
The ex-husband and in-laws of Karyn Hearn Slover were convicted in her death, but the...
Tribune’s ‘Stalled Justice’ series on Cook County court delays wins national award for journalistic fairness
"Stalled Justice," a Tribune series exposing dysfunction in the Cook County courts, has won the...
Keeping watch: Chaperones may offer one way to prevent sexual abuse during medical exams
The Tribune recently exposed how several large Illinois health systems allowed health care workers accused...
Former patients of Fabio Ortega say Endeavor Health failed to protect them from an abusive doctor
Endeavor Health, formerly NorthShore, allowed Dr. Fabio Ortega to keep working with female patients despite...
Failure to protect: Flawed state oversight lets doctors accused of abuse continue to see patients
Doctors accused of sexual misconduct were able to keep practicing – sometimes for years –...
New report critiques Cook County’s experimental neighborhood courts, recommends reforms before expansion
A new study advised the county that it should take on a series of reforms...
Patients reported sexual abuse by medical providers. Health care systems let them keep working.
Over the course of a yearlong investigation, the Tribune found that well-known Illinois health systems...
Help the baiduhai report on medical misconduct
The Tribune hopes to continue reporting on how hospitals and other medical institutions respond when...