What makes Illinois so corrupt? Tribune explores and attempts to explain why corruption continues to poison virtually every level of government in our state, draining off tax dollars and robbing public service of its meaning.
Illinois’ cutthroat ballot challenge process limits voters’ choices and contributes to corruption that plagues government throughout the state, a Chicago Tribune investigation has found.
While installing thousands of police cameras has undoubtedly helped catch criminals and solve cases, Chicago’s ever-growing surveillance system has yet to become the crime-fighting panacea predicted 20 years ago.
What makes Illinois so corrupt? Tribune explores and attempts to explain why corruption continues to poison virtually every level of government in our state, draining off tax dollars and robbing public service of its meaning.
An Illinois school district that frequently called police on its disabled students has agreed to change its disciplinary practices.
A former Chicago resident who publicly boasted about paying social media followers to take pictures of his children and ex-partner in violation of a restraining order was arrested on fraud charges in Florida last week.
In Illinois, big money is inundating politics at a pace that virtually puts government offices in the Land of Lincoln up for sale.
As part of its “Culture of Corruption” series, the Tribune has compiled a list of roughly 200 convicted, indicted or generally notorious public officials from Illinois’ long and infamous political history.
Reporters from Illinois Answers Project and the Chicago Tribune collected and analyzed thousands of points of data to track down where the Cook County assessor misclassified hundreds of properties.
A flawed new algorithm for distributing lungs to transplant patients wound up putting people with Type O blood at a disadvantage.