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Home » Legionnaires' disease

Tag: Legionnaires’ disease

Posted inOn Prisons

Drinking water in Illinois prisons is a crapshoot

by Anthony Ehlers July 20, 2022December 21, 2022

The tap water at Stateville has been dangerous for decades.

Posted inBlogs

After veterans’ home cover-up, is Rauner the state’s most secretive schmuck?

by Ben Joravsky April 6, 2018August 18, 2021

As the WBEZ exposé into the Legionnaire’s outbreak in Quincy reveals, Rauner will do just about anything to keep the public from knowing what he’s up to.

Posted inBlogs

Rauner delivers his final State of the State address with an eye to November elections, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd January 31, 2018August 18, 2021

Also, a new poll shows that more than a third of likely Democratic primary voters are undecided on the race for governor.

Posted inBlogs

Tammy Duckworth will be the first senator ever to give birth, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd January 23, 2018August 18, 2021

Also, Legionnaires’ Disease might be a problem in the state capitol.

Posted inBlogs

Bruce Rauner wants Quincy veterans’ home to remain open after one-week stay, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd January 11, 2018August 18, 2021

Also, how local “Dreamers” are planning ahead while Congress decides their fate.

Posted inBlogs

Opponent calls Rauner’s move into Quincy veterans’ home a ‘cynical and transparent publicity stunt,’ and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd January 8, 2018August 18, 2021

Also, it’s so cold that even rats are freezing to death.

Posted inBlogs

E-mails about the veterans’ home Legionnaires’ crisis reveal what the state knew, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd December 21, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Grace restaurant has closed its door for good.

Posted inBlogs

Cubs, Blackhawks, Bulls, Bears, and White Sox donate $1 million to combat gun violence, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd December 20, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Rauner won’t say whether he holds moral responsibility for veterans’ home deaths.

Posted inBlogs

J.B. Pritzker, Pat Quinn win top spots on March 2018 primary ballot, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd December 14, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the state senate plans public hearings on Illinois Veterans Home deaths.

Posted inBlogs

Journalist Jamie Kalven won’t be forced to identify his Laquan McDonald story sources, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd December 13, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, a judge has banned Dennis Hastert from unsupervised contact with minors and porn.

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