Two years after receiving the COVID-era funding, Chicago has been slow off the mark with some of its programs to help people experiencing homelessness.
Manny Ramos
Manny Ramos is a former solutions and accountability reporter at the Illinois Answers Project.
Posted inSolutions
Explained: Why Did the State Pause a Health Insurance Program for Undocumented Immigrants?
Illinois was the first state to create the Medicaid-like program, but in only three years it has become one of its “most expensive programs.”
Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability
Were New HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Paused over Patient Safety or Is It a Cook County Money Grab?
Cook County Health is spending millions of dollars creating its own medical research department while it continues a yearlong investigation into the nonprofit managing its clinical trials — a move drawing criticism from research staff members and advocates.
Posted inInvestigations
Alderperson Says Migrants Are Causing TB Outbreaks at Police Stations, But It’s Not True
Housing migrants temporarily at Chicago police stations is no one’s first choice, but a rapidly growing number of asylum seekers arriving in the city from border communities in Texas have […]
Posted inEquity & Economic Opportunity
Explained: Chicago’s Migrant Crisis
Chicago has been staring down a manufactured migrant crisis for months that has entered a boiling point — leaving vulnerable asylum seekers in despair and struggling to find safe shelter.
Posted inInvestigations
Naked land grab or a boon to the environment? Proposed ‘carbon-capture’ pipelines across central Illinois trouble land owners
Carbon capture and storage is a process to clean dirty industry and reduce emissions, but environmental groups are ringing the alarm that Illinois doesn’t have the proper guardrails in place.
Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability
The Feds Are Pushing for Millions More Electric Vehicles on the Road, But Is Illinois Ready?
Gov. J. B. Pritzker’s administration says it welcomes the goal of increasing the number of electric vehicles by 2032 but is still examining the implications of a new proposed EPA standard.
Posted inSolutions
Could Lake Michigan be home to the largest lake wind farm in the country?
A bill passed in the state’s House would establish an offshore wind farm of more than 30 turbines. Is it worth it?
Posted inCriminal Justice & Public Safety
Police Officer Suicides Tripled in Two Years As CPD ‘Stalled’ on Progress With Consent Decree
Chicago Police Department efforts to bolster wellness program under the consent decree were faltered because of a lack of data and risk losing compliance in some instances
Posted inInvestigations
What’s the Cost of a Labor Peace Agreement?
Human services providers claim the new ordinance would have a financial burden, but the agreement has no associated costs
