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Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation used Low-Income Housing Tax Credits to build the affordable Lucy Gonzalez Parsons apartments, which opened in 2022. Leaders of Bickerdike say they'll get more opportunities to build more like it if the Build Illinois Homes Tax Credit Act passes.
Posted inEquity & Economic Opportunity

Bill for New State-Backed Tax Credit Could Yield Thousands More Affordable Units per Year

by Alex Nitkin April 5, 2023April 5, 2023

The Build Illinois Homes tax credit proposal is building momentum in the Illinois General Assembly, but critics have flagged its $35 million annual cost.

CPD officers gather as the body of an Illinois state trooper who was discovered with a gunshot wound to the head in a suicide along I94 south of downtown arrives at the Cook County Medical Examiner's office on October 01, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois
Posted inCriminal Justice & Public Safety

Police Officer Suicides Tripled in Two Years As CPD ‘Stalled’ on Progress With Consent Decree

by Manny Ramos April 4, 2023April 5, 2023

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

Gov. J.B. Pritzker plans to clawback roughly $450 million over several years from insurance companies, but critics say it isn't enough. (Credit: Getty file photo)
Posted inFollow-Up

Illinois to Clawback $180M from Four Medicaid Insurance Companies

by Rachel Hinton March 28, 2023March 28, 2023

The refunded money, which could amount to $450 million over several years, will be used to pay for programs to hire and train more health care workers across Illinois.

Downstate Cairo desperately needs an economic boost, with its historic downtown, seen earlier this month, marked with a few old buildings. But a proposed solution — a huge port project — has stalled. (Credit: Julia Rendleman/For Illinois Answers Project)
Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability

$141M in Pritzker Projects Have Close Ties to Governor’s Allies But Face Serious Questions

by Sandy Bergo and Chuck Neubauer March 24, 2023April 1, 2023

Three projects under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois program, including a proposed port in beleaguered downstate Cairo, have benefited his friends or political allies. Pritzker insists the projects were funded on their merits.

Posted inInvestigations

What’s the Cost of a Labor Peace Agreement?

by Manny Ramos March 17, 2023March 24, 2023

Human services providers claim the new ordinance would have a financial burden, but the agreement has no associated costs

Chicago firefighter Felix McAfee passes out smoke alarms with a 10-year battery life to residents in the 1600 block of North Mayfield Avenue on Dec. 22, following a fatal fire on the block. (Credit: Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune)
Posted inInvestigations

Smoke Detectors Save Lives, But Chicago Slow to Toughen Rules

by Alex Nitkin, Adriana Pérez and Kelli Duncan March 13, 2023March 16, 2023

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.

A fire in the 500 block of North Central Avenue in April 2022 seriously injured Herrsterstine Burns, 57, who died three weeks later. Investigators found the apartment had no smoke alarms, even though city inspectors had visited the building as recently as early 2021 on other issues, records show. (Credit: Jose M. Osorio/ Chicago Tribune file photo)
Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability

Fires Continue to Kill People in Unsafe Buildings as Chicago Ignores Problems with its Inspection System

by Alex Nitkin, Adriana Pérez and Kelli Duncan March 10, 2023March 16, 2023

As other cities across the country adopt innovative programs to fix problem buildings, Chicago lags behind

Posted inCriminal Justice & Public Safety

Chicago Police’s Foot Pursuit Policy Explained

by Manny Ramos March 9, 2023March 14, 2023

A police officer seemingly adhered to the Chicago Police Department’s foot pursuit policy — still cost him his life

Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability

Lightfoot Made Headway on Pensions, but the Next Mayor Still Faces a Gaping Crisis

by Alex Nitkin March 8, 2023March 8, 2023

Mayoral candidates Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson have given few hints on how they’d replenish the city’s severely depleted pension funds.

Principals resignations have soared in Chicago schools and across Illinois as educators face burnout. (Credit: Pixabay/Canva)
Posted inInvestigations

Principal Resignations Soar Across Chicago and Illinois, as Educators Cite Burnout

by Jewél Jackson March 6, 2023March 15, 2023

Leaders in education are calling for more support as more and more principals are leaving their jobs.

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