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Uptick Seen In City of Chicago Pensioners Drawing Big Payouts

The number of people collecting six-figure pensions is increasing, adding strain to the city’s largest retirement fund.
Aug 31, 2016 7:00 AM
Investigation

Southwest Suburban Cop Fired For Slapping Inmate

Eight-year vet of police force seen on camera slapping man in genital area. Officer was previously suspended after a sexual assault allegation.
Aug 18, 2016 10:45 AM
Investigation

Chicago Payroll Packed With Six-Figure Salaries

Adding to the city’s financial burdens, the number of high-paid workers ballooned by 92 percent since 2013.
Aug 4, 2016 5:00 AM
Investigation

Rauner EPA Pick Faces Oversight Limits Due To Industry Ties

Newly appointed state environmental chief Alec Messina won’t be involved in issuing some pollution permits, ethics officer rules.
Jul 8, 2016 1:05 PM
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Bar Tied To Suburban Politician Draws Hundreds of Cop Calls

Police called to late-night Burnham bar more than 800 times in six years. Village’s top cop says Will’s Sports Bar is ‘bad for the community and dangerous for police officers.’
Jul 2, 2016 10:00 AM
Investigation

Feisty Law Firm Fights For Rauner’s Agenda

Backed by conservative activists, an upstart legal practice battles against Illinois public-sector unions while synching up with the governor’s reform movement, a Rescuing Illinois report finds.
Jun 29, 2016 4:30 PM
Investigation

Daley's CHA Plan Jolted Region

Every Chicago neighborhood and almost every suburb felt the impact of public housing transformation.
Jun 25, 2016 9:11 AM
Investigation

CHA's Transformation Reshaped A City

In some neighborhoods, new clusters of subsidized housing. In others, poverty is ‘a lot more invisible now.’
Jun 25, 2016 9:10 AM
Investigation

Public Housing Families Flee to Suburbs

The number of subsidized households in Chicago's suburbs jumped almost 30 percent since 2000.
Jun 25, 2016 9:08 AM
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Trump Towers With Huuuge Property Tax Savings

Presidential candidate saved a whopping $800,000 in property taxes on his unoccupied penthouse because of a unique Cook County policy.
Jun 18, 2016 9:52 AM

Investigations

Uptick Seen In City of Chicago Pensioners Drawing Big Payouts

Southwest Suburban Cop Fired For Slapping Inmate

Chicago Payroll Packed With Six-Figure Salaries

Rauner EPA Pick Faces Oversight Limits Due To Industry Ties

Bar Tied To Suburban Politician Draws Hundreds of Cop Calls

Feisty Law Firm Fights For Rauner’s Agenda

Daley's CHA Plan Jolted Region

CHA's Transformation Reshaped A City

Public Housing Families Flee to Suburbs

Trump Towers With Huuuge Property Tax Savings

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