Data centers near O’Hare win nearly $100M in local tax breaks, leaving suburban homeowners to cover the gap
Northwest suburban data centers had nearly $2 billion knocked off their taxable property values, an...
Investigations
Data centers and tax breaks: How we reported the story
Here's how the Illinois Answers Project and the Chicago Tribune reported the story about how...
As microplastics pollute every corner of the Great Lakes, scientists push governments to combat threat
Plastics just keep getting smaller, and potentially more harmful to humans, fish and wildlife. Even...
Illinois ignores rules and red flags as ‘servant leader’ runs up $100M state tab, then closes 2 hospitals
West Suburban and Weiss Memorial's collapse illustrates what can go wrong in a state that...
Missed opportunities, incomplete investigations preceded discovery of 56 bodies at funeral home
The ongoing investigation into South Chicago Chapel is just the latest grim incident involving the...
Nonprofit CEO appealed to Mayor Brandon Johnson over city anti-violence grant, records show
Latest revelations follow a Tribune report over former health commissioner's complaints that politically connected nonprofit...
Agonized families await answers after remains recovered from Chicago funeral home: ‘It’s unimaginable’
Records obtained by the Tribune reveal a harrowing scene at the funeral home and a...
Speaker Welch told lawmakers he backed Harry Benton’s reelection to prevent loss of union support
Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch told some lawmakers last month of his concerns in 2024 that...
An Indiana pastor became an Illinois oilman. Spills and pollution followed.
Indian Liberty is accused of contaminating Illinois waterways, damaging private property and criminally disposing of...
Plastic surgeon’s license suspended after Tribune investigation exposed 8 deaths
Dr. Ayoub Sayeg's actions “constitute an immediate danger to the public,” according to state records...