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Category: Investigations
The Dishonor Roll: Meet the public officials who helped build Illinois’ culture of corruption
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.
How we reported on Cook County assessment errors
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.
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.