CPS official Robert Christlieb publicly credits a school building engineer with inventing the device tried out in several CPS schools but does not mention he’s a co-inventor.
Cam Rodriguez
Cam Rodriguez started as a data reporter at the Illinois Answers Project in 2023, and now is a Local Investigations Fellow with The New York Times. Rodriguez graduated with degrees in journalism from DePaul University, managing its award-winning student magazine, 14 East, and her work focuses on making data and public records open and accessible to communities across Chicago and the country. She previously worked with teams at Chalkbeat, WTTW, South Side Weekly, and USA TODAY among others.
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Luxury Home or Vacant Lot? Cook County Assessor Misclassifies Hundreds of Properties, Missing $444M in One Year Alone
An investigation by Illinois Answers Project and the Chicago Tribune found Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s office missed critical data from at least 620 properties in 2023, with big implications for those taxpayers.
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How We Reported on Cook County Assessment Errors
Reporters from Illinois Answers Project and the Chicago Tribune collected and analyzed thousands of points of data to track down where the Cook County assessor misclassified hundreds of properties.
