Hundreds march in Pilsen, demand answers in unsolved fatal hit-and-run By Christiana Freitag April 20, 2026 at 4:09 p.m. Marcela Herrera, 22, was killed in a hit-and-run nine months ago.
A 69-hour-workday? City of Chicago paid head-scratching legal bills By Joe Mahr April 19, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Legal invoices are one of the only available avenues to evaluate how well Chicago is...
Court battles hit taxpayer wallets By Joe Mahr March 29, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. The costs of Chicago police misconduct have grown enormous as the city settles lawsuit after...
Restrictions on private guardianship of vulnerable adults advance in Springfield By Christy Gutowski May 3, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Legislation inspired by a Chicago Tribune investigation into some hospitals’ questionable guardianship petitions has advanced...
As Indiana extends coal and builds data centers, Illinois may be on the hook for neighbor’s AI boom By Christiana Freitag March 1, 2026 at 5:06 p.m. Postponing the closure of the Schahfer coal plant also means continued exposure to toxic emissions...
At one time, Illinois was a top oil producer. Today, that legacy is a $160M problem. By Jonathan Bullington January 26, 2026 at 4:31 p.m. Abandoned oil and gas wells pose environmental and public health risks. For three decades, the...
Tribune investigation into hospitals’ use of guardianship system inspires new bill By Christy Gutowski January 15, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. A Chicago Tribune investigation exposing some hospitals’ questionable use of the state’s guardianship system has...
Before Congress, Jonathan Jackson owned a construction firm. It got $750K from Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois. By Chuck Neubauer December 21, 2025 at 11:42 a.m. State-funded work came after Jonathan Jackson was paid as a $13,000-a-month consultant for JB Pritzker’s...
Immigration agents’ poor tactics in Chicago made for needless safety risks, experts say By Joe Mahr December 7, 2025 at 9:35 a.m. A Tribune review found immigration agents in Chicago routinely broke urban policing protocols meant to...
A border crosser. An execution killing. And political theater. By Joe Mahr December 3, 2025 at 3:10 p.m. Trump’s DHS blamed Democrats for a Chicago homicide, but it didn't take key action in...