One day after our reporting, the department’s inspector general said it wants to close financial aid loopholes.
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Lightfoot proposes reforms that would make life easier for thousands of Black and low-income drivers
After more than a year of reporting from ProPublica Illinois and WBEZ, the mayor announced ticketing changes and said she would support legislation to change state law — beginning to make good on a campaign promise.
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Immigrant children sent to Chicago shelters are traumatized and sick, in some instances with chicken pox or tuberculosis
Hundreds of children are being detained in shelters run by Heartland Human Care Services, which says it has made changes since allegations that children were neglected and mistreated.