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...
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...
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...
In a big-money era, University of Illinois shrugs off rules on athletes’ NIL deals By Stacy St. Clair April 4, 2025 at 6:21 p.m. Illinois’ flagship university says rules requiring student-athletes to disclose NIL deals aren’t relevant In the...
DuPage County, sheriff agree to $11 million payout for jail death By Jonathan Bullington March 10, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Reneyda Aguilar-Hurtado, a 50-year-old mother of two, died in June 2023 after being held in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
‘Troubled’ Housing Authority of Cook County spent more than $60,000 at Six Flags By Lizzie Kane February 10, 2025 at 2:28 p.m. Hundreds of Housing Authority of Cook County employees and their families went to Six Flags...