Investigations – Page 29

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...

California wants to hire more cannabis cops to get a handle on black market marijuana

By Andrew Sheeler

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

California's Bureau of Cannabis Control is looking to beef up its law enforcement presence. The...

State Rep. Jonathan Carroll, a Northbrook Democrat, asks a question during a Jan. 7, 2020, hearing about using isolated time out or quiet rooms to discipline students.

Pushback from school administrators delays bill to ban seclusion for Illinois students

By Jennifer Smith Richards

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

This story is a collaboration between the Tribune and ProPublica Illinois. After months of debate...

Sherman Morisette tries to navigate life with a cellphone at his studio apartment.

Once labeled irredeemable, long-imprisoned Chicago man relishes second chance, hopes his case paves way for others during pandemic

By Christy Gutowski

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

Sherman Morisette served 35 years in prison for robbing a Chicago taxi driver at gunpoint...

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan confers with his chief of staff Jessica Basham during the spring legislative session May 21, 2020, in in Springfield.

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan wins latest round in suit alleging sham candidates

By Ray Long

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

Democratic Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan won a federal court victory in Chicago on Saturday...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks during the daily news briefing regarding the coronavirus pandemic on May 3, 2020, at the Thompson Center in Chicago.

Talk of the County: ‘It’s time somebody wakes this idiot up,’ and tells Pritzker he’s not ‘the monarch of Illinois’

By Lake County News-Sun

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

Getting unreal I'd like to know who this Pumpkinhead Pritzker thinks he is. Does he...

Crashes in Mettawa, Beach Park leave 2 in critical condition

By Lake County News-Sun

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

The Lake County Sheriff's office is investigating two crashes that left two Lake County men...

Lyons police Chief Thomas Herion in his office on April 13, 2020.

Two charities have bailed scores of felony defendants out of Cook County Jail. Some were soon charged with new crimes.

By David Jackson

June 14, 2024 at 6:38 p.m.

Prosecutors charged 34-year-old Christopher Stewart with being an armed habitual criminal last year after the...

Karen Yarbrough appears in Chicago in 2017.

Federal judge raps Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough for ‘clear violations’ of anti-patronage hiring rules

By Ray Long

June 14, 2024 at 6:38 p.m.

A federal judge on Friday ripped Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough for what he said...

Kim Sanders, executive vice president of Grafton schools, holds a blocking pad that is part of the Ukeru restraint-reduction system that Grafton developed. The network serves children and adults with autism, intellectual disabilities, emotional disabilities and psychiatric needs, and began phasing out seclusion and restraint in 2004.

Stopped using seclusion and restraint

By Contributed Content

June 14, 2024 at 6:38 p.m.

The Grafton network in West Virginia, which serves children and adults with autism, intellectual disabilities,...

The Grafton Integrated Health Network developed its restraint-reduction system, Ukeru, which features soft but sturdy blocking pads. The pads are placed in classrooms and hallways for use in a crisis.

These schools did away with seclusion and restraint. They say Illinois can too.

By Jennifer Smith Richards

June 14, 2024 at 6:38 p.m.

This story is a collaboration between the baiduhai and ProPublica Illinois. When the student...