Investigations – Page 6

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...

Tyler Technologies was hired to help the Cook County Circuit Court digitize records and create a new case management system accessible through terminals such as these at the Daley Center, shown in March. It was one of three major Tyler projects in Illinois to make government easier to navigate, but projected costs have swelled and some of the projects have been dogged by slowdowns and shortcomings. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

The $265 million tech bill: How a plan to streamline Cook County, state computer systems led to massive costs and delays

By David Jackson

April 6, 2025 at 2:31 p.m.

Illinois and Cook County officials have spent more than $250 million after hiring a Texas...

Ben Quattrone, left, who has made deals with University of Illinois athletes to promote his chain of car dealerships, greets Treanette Redding and her son Terrence Shannon Jr., a former Illinois basketball star, at a home game in February. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

In a big-money era, University of Illinois shrugs off rules on athletes’ NIL deals

By Stacy St. Clair

April 14, 2025 at 2:41 p.m.

Illinois’ flagship university says rules requiring student-athletes to disclose NIL deals aren’t relevant In the...

U.S. Steel Gary Works sits along the shore of Lake Michigan in Gary, Jan. 23, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

As Trump dismantles EPA, Great Lakes states with a history of pollution likely will suffer

By Michael Hawthorne

April 2, 2025 at 1:04 p.m.

Mass firings and regulatory rollbacks come as scientists routinely determine pollution is far more damaging...

Then a candidate, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson greets members of SEIU Local 73 as they announce their endorsement on Nov. 9, 2022, with SEIU Local 73 President Dian Palmer outside Chicago City Hall. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)

Conflict between SEIU and CTU escalates with allegations of ‘bullying’

By Nell Salzman

March 25, 2025 at 6:10 a.m.

The conflict between the CTU and SEIU, two key supporters of Mayor Brandon Johnson, escalates...

Raphael Espinoza, left, and Skylar Damiano play with their cat, Patch, in the kitchen of their Humboldt Park home on March 6, 2025. For about two and a half years, the two have lived in their newly constructed house, which has been taxed erroneously as a vacant side lot. The assessor's office assured them the property assessment will be updated and that they won't have to pay back taxes. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Cook County assessor fixes hundreds of misclassified properties following Tribune-Illinois Answers investigation

By Alex Nitkin

March 16, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Following a Tribune-Illinois Answers Project report, Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s office is fixing hundreds...

Cristal Moreno Aguilar stands at Augustana College on Oct. 8, 2024, in Rock Island. Aguilar's mother, Reneyda Aguilar-Hurtado, died on June 12, 2023, in DuPage County Jail, after being incarcerated for 85 days. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

DuPage County, sheriff agree to $11 million payout for jail death

By Jonathan Bullington

October 20, 2025 at 11:23 a.m.

Reneyda Aguilar-Hurtado, a 50-year-old mother of two, died in June 2023 after being held in...

A crashed CTA Yellow Line train sits at the Howard Rail Yard in Rogers Park on Nov. 17, 2023. (Talia Sprague/baiduhai)

Tribune files lawsuit against CTA for failing to turn over documents related to 2023 Yellow Line crash, among other FOIA requests

By Robert Channick

February 28, 2025 at 5:26 p.m.

The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, cites six FOIA requests made by a...

The former NorthShore office of Dr. Fabio Ortega in Lincolnwood on Feb.13, 2024. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Endeavor Health settles final 23 pending cases involving former gynecologist Dr. Fabio Ortega, accused of sexually abusing patients

By Lisa Schencker

February 19, 2025 at 4:13 p.m.

Endeavor Health has settled the last batch of pending suits filed against it by patients...

The 76-year-old woman sexually assaulted by nurse David Giurgiu in 2018 at Glenbrook Hospital had been taken to the emergency department with a broken femur. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Medical misconduct: Read the investigation on sexual abuse by providers

By Lisa Schencker

February 19, 2025 at 4:12 p.m.

Over the course of a yearlong investigation, the Tribune found that well-known Illinois health systems...

State Rep. LaShawn Ford, left, shown at the Capitol in 2023 with state Rep. Kelly Cassidy, has sponsored a bill that would explicitly prevent school police from ticketing and fining students for misbehavior.(Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Hoping to ‘Trump proof’ students’ rights, Illinois lawmakers aim to end police ticketing at school

By Jodi S. Cohen

February 4, 2025 at 9:06 a.m.

Citing an urgency to protect students’ civil rights in a second Trump administration, Illinois lawmakers...