Kaarin Tisue
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I don’t like it here anymore. Investigations editor, @ChicagoTribune. One Pulitzer Prize and 7 finalists. https://t.co/mHM6cUTfRG
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I am now followable over on that other platform on the same handle
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The Trump administration arrested 106 protestors during Operation Midway Blitz, calling them “rioters” and “agitators.” But only 9 cases have resulted in a pending felony charge. A deeply reported story by @Mabuckley88 @ChristyGutowsk1 and @joemahr
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Time and again, Donald Trump’s immigration agents claimed horrific crimes at the hands of protesters in Chicago. Those allegations of abuse did not withstand the scrutiny of judicial review.
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64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz. Our team fanned out to cover the before, during and after of the federal government’s months-long raid on an American city. This is worth your time to understand the United States today https://t.co/2y5THeJ0S7
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President Donald Trump’s federal immigration enforcement operation led to most surreal autumn in Chicago history. What happened during those 64 days will be remembered for a long time.
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When Midwest Care Management was appointed as Anna Vargas’ temporary guardian in February 2023, she had a house and about $122,000 in the bank, records show. By August of this year she had less than $14,000 left. Our latest: https://t.co/htSxmrpNaS
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When Chicago hospitals seek guardians for patients with assets, a law firm and a private care management organization get nearly all the business.
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In our review of more than 360 Chicago-area hospital guardianship petitions, the Tribune found that when the patients have assets, one law firm and one private care management organization get nearly all the business. https://t.co/NXLVTcWksk
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When Chicago hospitals seek guardians for patients with assets, a law firm and a private care management organization get nearly all the business.
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‘Out of money in no time’: When hospitals choose private guardians, patients pay the price https://t.co/dgtwryqJM5
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When Chicago hospitals seek guardians for patients with assets, a law firm and a private care management organization get nearly all the business.
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The Tribune found that Chicago-area hospitals recently initiated hundreds of guardianship petitions over 18 months, sometimes to the dismay of family members or friends who did not want people they loved to be placed under someone else’s control. https://t.co/oz0rk6fKCM
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Chicago-area hospitals recently initiated hundreds of guardianship petitions in just 18 months, a Chicago Tribune investigation has found.
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Chicago-area hospitals recently initiated hundreds of guardianship petitions in just 18 months, a Tribune investigation has found, sometimes to the dismay of family members or friends who did not want loved ones to be placed under someone else’s control. https://t.co/obhJPoaICX
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Chicago-area hospitals recently initiated hundreds of guardianship petitions in just 18 months, a Chicago Tribune investigation has found.
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Take time to read this @chicagotribune investigation: Chicago hospitals funnel patients into long-lasting guardianships, angering friends and family. It’s a disturbing and important story. By @emilyhoerner @ChristyGutowsk1 and @lschencker
https://t.co/kzA5tMvuiq
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Chicago-area hospitals recently initiated hundreds of guardianship petitions in just 18 months, a Chicago Tribune investigation has found.
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Our latest story about prominent Chicago activist turned politician Andrew Holmes, who is facing new scrutiny as lawsuit alleges sexual assault of teenage girl. Also details how some families felt exploited. With @FlowersAlison for @chicagotribune
https://t.co/wVwL4B49rQ
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A survivor of sex trafficking has sued anti-violence activist and Dolton trustee Andrew Holmes, alleging he sexually assaulted her at age 16.
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Several disillusioned families pulled their children out of The Language and Music School in Oak Park in recent years. They have since come to question whether the state is doing enough to keep watch over how this kind of school is run. https://t.co/qshn5MWVjS
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Parents said they assumed a private school in an Oak Park mansion was recognized by the state. But that’s not the case. Illinois law won’t allow it.
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Gap in law leaves unorthodox school in Oak Park mansion largely unregulated by state https://t.co/otA6mZQ9qd
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Parents said they assumed a private school in an Oak Park mansion was recognized by the state. But that’s not the case. Illinois law won’t allow it.
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Thirteen years after she was first charged with killing her toddler, a former Midlothian woman was found guilty of murder this week in a case that highlights just how long the Cook County courts can take to resolve cases. https://t.co/ugbQtR5G12
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In the notoriously slow Cook County court system, a jury has convicted a south suburban woman of murder in the 2011 death of her son.
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A veteran Chicago police officer will no longer carry a badge as part of a plea agreement in which he admitted that he struck an eighth grade boy while making an off-duty visit to a South Side elementary school two years ago. https://t.co/QlZLhDtn84
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A veteran Chicago police officer will no longer carry a badge as part of a plea agreement in which he admitted that he struck an eighth grade boy while making an off-duty visit to a South Side elem…
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This is some big-time impact from the Chicago Tribune's investigation with @propublica into schools that use police to ticket and fine students for minor infractions that could be handled in other ways. If signed, a new law will ban the practice.
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Illinois legislators approved a bill to prevent police from ticketing and fining school students for misbehavior at school, ending a widespread practice.
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Purple Heart returned to family of Lansing WWII veteran, one of four brothers who served in the war.
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As Memorial Day neared, Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs returned a long-unclaimed Purple Heart to the firstborn grandchild of a WWII veteran.
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The Department of Education has been monitoring Garrison School because it often called police on students. Now that oversight is in question.
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The Tribune reported in 2022 with @ProPublica that an Illinois school called police to arrest children alarmingly often. Now federal monitoring of its practices is in question thanks to cuts by the Trump administration.
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The Department of Education has been monitoring Garrison School because it often called police on students. Now that oversight is in question.
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This is not fine
BREAKING: Cook County confirms its first two measles cases of the year https://t.co/WNUo6nIJvO
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Gov. JB Pritzker, lawmakers moving sluggishly on Illinois ethics law reforms despite uptick in convictions. Story with @RayLong and @JeremyGorner.
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Since 2019, 11 now-former lawmakers have been convicted of crimes, but strengthening Illinois’ ethical safeguards is not at the top of the Springfield agenda.
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