Illinois plastic surgeon with 8 patient deaths faces another license suspension
The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs temporarily suspended Dr. Ayoub Sayeg’s medical license,...
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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...
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...
2 brothers describe allegations of abuse by the Rev. Michael Pfleger: ‘I’m not carrying this burden, not one more year’
They grew up in an impoverished neighborhood on Chicago's West Side, the two youngest of...
Time runs out for ban on locked seclusion and face-down restraints in Illinois schools; advocates vow to try again
This story is a collaboration between the baiduhai and ProPublica. Illinois lawmakers had the...
COVID-19 cases and deaths are surging again in Illinois prisons, as inmates and advocates call for more action
As a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic spread rapidly through Illinois prisons this fall,...
Hospital staff shortages
As doctors and nurses on the front lines fight the pandemic's surge, roughly 1 in...
Violent crime rate doubles on CTA rail system, even with stepped-up police efforts and far fewer riders: ‘The people that are driving the crime never left the system’
The rate of violent crime on CTA trains and platforms has more than doubled this...
Thousands of languishing vacant and abandoned properties with unpaid taxes harm Black neighborhoods and suburbs. Cook County treasurer says program aimed at fixing the problem is not working.
Every two years, Cook County conducts what's called the scavenger sale. Tens of thousands of...
Secluding schoolchildren in isolated spaces would be illegal under a new federal bill, introduced one year after Tribune/ProPublica Illinois investigation
Congressional Democrats introduced legislation Thursday that would make it illegal to put students in seclusion...
Chicago police reverse course, signal move back to longer narcotics investigations
The Chicago Police Department plans to add as many as 100 officers to its citywide...
More than 10,000 times in a single year, Illinois schools put children into seclusion, latest federal data shows
Illinois schools reported putting students into seclusion at least 10,776 times in the 2017-18 school...
Kendall County sheriff’s deputies begin wearing body cameras
Deputies with the Kendall County Sheriff's Office began wearing body cameras this week through a...