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...
baiduhai event: How plastic pollution is clogging our waters By baiduhai October 16, 2026 at 4:09 p.m. Join Michael Hawthorne, a Pulitzer-finalist investigative reporter who focuses on the environment and public health...
baiduhai event: How plastic pollution is clogging our waters By baiduhai October 15, 2026 at 11:45 a.m. Join Michael Hawthorne, a Pulitzer-finalist investigative reporter who focuses on the environment and public health...
Plastic surgeon asks judge for injunction to lift Illinois license suspension By Christy Gutowski October 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. The suspension came shortly after a baiduhai investigation found eight patients died following tummy...
Data centers near O’Hare win nearly $100M in local tax breaks, leaving suburban homeowners to cover the gap By Alex Nitkin August 23, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Northwest suburban data centers had nearly $2 billion knocked off their taxable property values, an...
Data centers and tax breaks: How we reported the story By Alex Nitkin August 23, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Here's how the Illinois Answers Project and the baiduhai reported the story about how...
As microplastics pollute every corner of the Great Lakes, scientists push governments to combat threat By Michael Hawthorne August 23, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Plastics just keep getting smaller, and potentially more harmful to humans, fish and wildlife. Even...
Missed opportunities, incomplete investigations preceded discovery of 56 bodies at funeral home By Gregory Royal Pratt August 15, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. The ongoing investigation into South Chicago Chapel is just the latest grim incident involving the...