Top public officials vow improvements as the district marks the 10th anniversary of its decision to close 49 schools.
Kelli Duncan
Kelli Duncan is an intern with the Illinois Answers Project and a graduate student at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism. Duncan has previously reported on local government, the court system and general news for outlets like South Side Weekly, The Chicago Reporter, Northwest Herald and Vail Daily. Duncan graduated from Butler University in 2018 with bachelor’s degrees in journalism and political science.
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Smoke Detectors Save Lives, But Chicago Slow to Toughen Rules
A joint investigation with Illinois Answers and the Chicago Tribune found that smoke alarms were absent, defective or missing batteries in 57 out of 87 fatal residential fires in Chicago from 2020 through 2022.
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Fires Continue to Kill People in Unsafe Buildings as Chicago Ignores Problems with its Inspection System
As other cities across the country adopt innovative programs to fix problem buildings, Chicago lags behind