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City Approves $600M to Finish Cabrini-Green Makeover

City pledges to follow through on promises it made when the Near North Side public housing complex was ordered demolished more than two decades ago.
Oct 14, 2021 1:02 PM
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Mayor Lightfoot’s ‘Scofflaw List’ Fails To Include Hundreds of Unsafe Buildings

The 98 buildings on City Hall’s new list of unsafe buildings — compiled after a BGA/Tribune investigation into its failure to enforce fire safety violations — would not have included buildings where 57 people died by fire in unsafe apartments. Lightfoot won’t comment.
Oct 11, 2021 5:00 AM
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Loretto Hospital Union Says Workers Need Meeting With Leaders, Spots On Board Amid State Investigation

A union for more than 200 Loretto workers said it’s asked to meet three times with hospital leaders amid the scandals — only to be ignored.
Sep 1, 2021 12:51 PM
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After Loretto Hospital Executive’s Pal Got $4 Million In Contracts, Patient Complaints And Assaults Soared

Locked inside Loretto’s psychiatric ward for five days, one man risked his life to flee.
Aug 30, 2021 8:00 AM
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Loretto Hospital Under Investigation For ‘Potential Misuse Of Charitable Assets’

The Illinois Attorney General’s Office is investigating the West Side hospital after the Better Government Association and Block Club Chicago disclosed insider contracts.
Aug 27, 2021 9:00 AM
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City Panel Approves $600M to Finish Cabrini

City finally pledging to follow through on promises it made when the public housing complex Cabrini-Green was ordered demolished more than two decades ago.
Aug 10, 2021 3:53 PM
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9 Potential Solutions to Keep Chicagoans Safer From Fires

A follow-up to a BGA/Chicago Tribune investigation finds other major cities have enacted reforms to improve building safety that could save lives in Chicago — if city leaders break from a pattern of neglect.
Aug 2, 2021 5:45 AM
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BGA Sues for Illinois Medicaid Contract Records

Milking Medicaid: A new state contract covers the health care of 36,000 vulnerable children. But documents detailing the contractor’s performance are a “trade secret,” officials say.
Jul 13, 2021 1:19 PM
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Loretto Hospital Got Vaccines to Help Black West Siders — but More Than Half of Early On-site Shots Went to White and Asian People

The hospital also admitted to vaccinating ineligible people at Trump Tower and a luxury jewelry shop, according to an audit obtained by the BGA and Block Club Chicago.
May 11, 2021 2:15 PM
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Public Officials, Advocates Call for Reform After Investigation Reveals Dozens of Fire Deaths Linked to Enforcement Failures

Mayor claims building code enforcement problems were part of the past, but advocates say actions Lightfoot has made haven’t gone far enough and fail to address systemic problems of inequity.
Apr 29, 2021 3:50 PM

Follow-Ups

City Approves $600M to Finish Cabrini-Green Makeover

Mayor Lightfoot’s ‘Scofflaw List’ Fails To Include Hundreds of Unsafe Buildings

Loretto Hospital Union Says Workers Need Meeting With Leaders, Spots On Board Amid State Investigation

After Loretto Hospital Executive’s Pal Got $4 Million In Contracts, Patient Complaints And Assaults Soared

Loretto Hospital Under Investigation For ‘Potential Misuse Of Charitable Assets’

City Panel Approves $600M to Finish Cabrini

9 Potential Solutions to Keep Chicagoans Safer From Fires

BGA Sues for Illinois Medicaid Contract Records

Loretto Hospital Got Vaccines to Help Black West Siders — but More Than Half of Early On-site Shots Went to White and Asian People

Public Officials, Advocates Call for Reform After Investigation Reveals Dozens of Fire Deaths Linked to Enforcement Failures