Politics | Our culture of corruption: Read the series on Illinois’ notorious political legacy By Chicago Tribune September 8, 2024 at 5:05 a.m. What makes Illinois so corrupt? Tribune explores and attempts to explain why corruption continues to...
Politics | Chicago never ready for reform: Code of silence, aldermanic prerogative fuel dozens of corruption convictions By Gregory Royal Pratt September 8, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. In the half-century since Mayor Richard J. Daley presided over Chicago’s notorious Democratic machine at...
Education | School district that had disabled students arrested agrees to reform disciplinary practices By Jennifer Smith Richards September 6, 2024 at 12:34 p.m. An Illinois school district that frequently called police on its disabled students has agreed to...
Investigations | He boasted on social media about paying strangers to take pictures of his children and ex-partner. Now he’s under arrest. By Stacy St. Clair September 4, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. A former Chicago resident who publicly boasted about paying social media followers to take pictures...
Politics | Politics for sale: Big money floods Illinois campaigns with few rules and little enforcement By Ray Long September 1, 2024 at 5:06 a.m. In Illinois, big money is inundating politics at a pace that virtually puts government offices...
Politics | The Dishonor Roll: Politicians who helped build Illinois’ culture of corruption By Kori Rumore September 3, 2024 at 8:44 a.m. As part of its “Culture of Corruption” series, the Tribune has compiled a list of...
Investigations | Luxury home or vacant lot? Cook County assessor misclassifies hundreds of properties, missing $444M in one year alone By Alex Nitkin August 16, 2024 at 4:42 p.m. An investigation by the Illinois Answers Project and the Chicago Tribune found Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s...
Politics | How we reported on Cook County assessment errors By Alex Nitkin August 4, 2024 at 3:11 p.m. Reporters from Illinois Answers Project and the Chicago Tribune collected and analyzed thousands of points...
Investigations | ‘I want her to worry about who’s waiting on the corner’: How one man uses Facebook to frighten his children’s mother and why police do nothing By Stacy St. Clair July 7, 2024 at 8:37 a.m. An analysis of data from nearly two dozen Illinois police departments found police rarely arrest...
Health | Error in new lung transplant algorithm harmed sick and dying patients By Gregory Royal Pratt July 2, 2024 at 5:02 p.m. A flawed new algorithm for distributing lungs to transplant patients wound up putting people with...