The real estate empire of businesswoman Suzie B. Wilson, shown at her Northbrook home in 2023 is facing possible liquidation amid a legal battle with the city. (Credit: Mina Bloom/Block Club Chicago)
The real estate empire of businesswoman Suzie B. Wilson, shown at her Northbrook home in 2023 is facing possible liquidation amid a legal battle with the city. (Credit: Mina Bloom/Block Club Chicago)

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Casey Toner, a Chicago native, has been an Illinois Answers reporter since 2016, taking the lead on numerous projects about criminal justice and politics. His series on police shootings in suburban Cook County resulted in a state law requiring procedural investigations of all police shootings in Illinois. Before he joined Illinois Answers, he wrote for the Daily Southtown and was a statewide reporter for Alabama Media Group, a consortium of Alabama newspapers. Outside of work, he enjoys watching soccer and writing music.