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From left: Mayor Brandon Johnson, Senate President Don Harmon and backers of the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park planned for the long-vacant South Works steel mill site in South Chicago clap at a press conference announcing the project on July 25, 2024 Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago

Binghui Huang is an investigative reporter covering economic and equity issues in Chicago. She previously covered health and business at the Indianapolis Star. With more than a decade in local news, she has uncovered dangerous carcinogenic pollution by a medical device maker, investigated worker abuses in RV factories and revealed shoddy work by workplace safety inspectors due to decades of underfunding and cuts to the department. Her reporting has prompted changes in business practices, legislative reform and increased funding to critical programs.