Alderpeople defend the practice, saying the aides deserve the extra money for their hard work, but critics decry the process as arbitrary.
Investigations
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‘Where is the Glock?’ Gun Turned Over to Chicago Police Wound up in the Hands of a Teenager
The Chicago Police Department has used gun buybacks to get thousands of guns off the street, but at least two of them have resurfaced at crime scenes. In November, a 16-year-old boy was found with a Glock handgun that went missing after it was handed in at a buyback.
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Chicago Cops Did Little to Investigate How a Gun a Judge Turned in to be Destroyed Ended up at a Crime Scene
The revolver that Cook County Judge William Stewart Boyd turned in at a Chicago police gun buyback resurfaced at the scene of a fatal police shooting in Cicero in 2012. Police said it would be “difficult and unwise” to interview anyone involved in the buyback and closed the investigation.
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Child Welfare Agency Failed Repeatedly to Produce ‘Critical’ Reports After Child Deaths, Injuries
The Department of Children and Family Services is legally required to make the reports public after examining what went wrong but did not in thousands of instances.
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Cook County Assessor Fixes Hundreds of Misclassified Properties Following Illinois Answers-Tribune Investigation
The corrections have put nearly half a billion dollars in taxable real estate value back on the rolls.
Posted inFollow-Up
City Reaches Tentative $11.5M Settlement With Companies of Woman Dubbed ‘Worst Landowner’
The city is also ramping up legal battles against two other landowners who have millions in unpaid fines.
Posted inFollow-Up
Madigan guilty of bribery conspiracy as jury returns partial verdict
Jurors deadlock on charges related to co-defendant Mike McClain.
Posted inStatewide Investigations
Champaign County Jail Begins Tracking and Reporting Use of Restraint Chairs to the State for the First Time
Champaign County Jail updated the way it documents, tracks and reports use of restraint chairs after an Illinois Answers Project investigation raised questions about the facility’s record-keeping practices and failure to report incidents to a state oversight unit.
Posted inEquity & Economic Opportunity
The Promises and Pitfalls of Quantum Computing in Chicago
South Chicago teenager Silvestre Luna wants what so many young people plan for: a job he likes, good pay and opportunities to grow in his career. He hasn’t had it […]
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Explainer: What is Quantum Computing?
What can a quantum computer do? What if instead of going through years of trial and error to see which mixture of chemicals and organic molecules are effective against a […]
