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.
How we reported on Cook County assessment errors
Category: Investigations
Error in new lung transplant algorithm harmed sick and dying patients
A flawed new algorithm for distributing lungs to transplant patients wound up putting people with Type O blood at a disadvantage.
Mortgage company Guaranteed Rate changing its name to Rate
Chicago-based mortgage company Guaranteed Rate is changing its name to Rate, according to company communications reviewed by the Tribune.
Verbal abuse, a ‘sex-driven’ culture
Ex-employees allege they experienced persistent verbal abuse and a misogynistic environment at Chicago-based mortgage company Guaranteed Rate.
Tribune’s ‘Stalled Justice’ series on Cook County court delays wins national award for journalistic fairness
“Stalled Justice,” a Tribune series exposing dysfunction in the Cook County courts, has won the Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism.
Chaperones may offer one solution to sexual abuse of patients by medical providers
The Tribune recently exposed how several large Illinois health systems allowed health care workers accused of sexually abusing patients to continue working. Some medical experts and survivors of sexual abuse say broader use of chaperones can help prevent misconduct.
‘They knew, and did nothing’
Endeavor Health, formerly NorthShore, allowed Dr. Fabio Ortega to keep working with female patients despite complaints of inappropriate behavior, a Chicago Tribune investigation has found.
Medical misconduct: Read the investigation on sexual abuse by providers
Over the course of a yearlong investigation, the Tribune found that well-known Illinois health systems have allowed workers accused of abusing patients to keep providing care.
New report critiques Cook County’s experimental neighborhood courts, recommends reforms before expansion
A new study advised the county that it should take on a series of reforms before expanding the neighborhood courts, raising concerns about structural problems in the courts that it said diminish the overall impact of the program.
Patients reported sexual abuse by medical providers. Health care systems let them keep working.
Over the course of a yearlong investigation, the Chicago Tribune found that well-known Illinois health systems have allowed workers accused of abusing patients to keep providing care.