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BGA and WBEZ spent months in Dolton reporting on a growing national trend: for the first time, there is more poverty in suburbs than in cities.

Employees at the nation’s nuclear power plants filed nearly 700 whistleblower complaints with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in recent years. It upheld zero.

A federal extortion case wasn’t enough to unseat Chicago’s longest-serving alderman, Ed Burke. He was re-elected Tuesday to his 13th term, just weeks after FBI agents raided his offices.

For more than 50 years, the airport has been plagued by corruption and costly delays. The politically connected cash in. Meanwhile, passengers trudge through a transit hub that persistently underperforms.

Since the beginning, O’Hare International Airport has been plagued by political connections, corruption schemes, even mob ties.

As O’Hare International Airport grew to one of the busiest transportation hubs in the world, it has left in its wake a track record of costly delays, billions in spending, and decades of broken promises.

Use this database to check the status of CHA residents’ elevators — failed inspections, violations, 911 calls and maintenance records.