Dr. Ngozi Ezike, ex-public health chief behind Illinois' COVID-19 response, fined $150K for ethics violation
Ezike, a regular face on Illinois TV screens in the worst days of the pandemic, acknowledged she violated the state's ...
David Greising: Taxpayers deserve to know just how much governments fattened themselves on federal COVID-19 money
COVID-19 money was supposed to go to one-time expenses, not to adding positions and programs that would continue long after ...
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Startup investments still sluggish in Chicago
Total funding for Chicago startups was $2.5 billion last year, up 3% from 2023, research firm PitchBook and the National ...
You Wasted $771 Sitting in Traffic Last Year
The average driver lost $771 in time and productivity due to traffic jams in 2024, a transportation analyst at INRIX told ...
US cities largely saw a drop in violent crime in 2024, yet many still feel unsafe
As U.S. police departments release preliminary or finalized 2024 crime numbers, many are reporting historic declines in ...
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USF public health expert reflects on COVID-19 in the U.S. after five years
USF public health professor Donna Petersen says collaboration was critical in helping community leaders respond to the ...
Under Trump, national arts funding is in question. In Chicago, can the tap stay on?
The city’s cultural arts department increased grants to artists during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, with an arts economy in ...
COVID-19: It has been five years since the first case in America. What's it like today?
Jan. 20, 2025 marks five years since the CDC reported the first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 on American soil.
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Dr. Ngozi Ezike, face of Pritzker’s pandemic response, fined $150K for ethics violation
She has been fined for violating a state revolving-door ethics law when she left her job as director of the Illinois ...