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 ...
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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Illinois' pandemic-era health chief fined $150,000 for ethics violation
Former Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike, who led the agency during the height of the COVID-19 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Herald & Review8d
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 ...
The News-Gazette2d
Illinois health chief who left for Chicago hospital fined $150,000 for ethics violation
Former Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike, who led the agency during the height of the COVID-19 ...
Crain's Chicago Business5d
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 ...
The New York Times29d
Chicago Board of Education Votes to Fire Leader of City’s School System
Chicago Public Schools used federal Covid ... body of research showing significant academic declines since the Covid-19 pandemic began. Black Student Enrollment at Harvard Law: The number of ...
CBS News11d
Illinois seeing rise in respiratory illnesses and hospitalizations
CHICAGO (CBS) --Illinois is seeing a surge ... is arriving later than it has in the past two years. After the COVID-19 pandemic, annual waves of influenza during the colder months increased ...
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Former Illinois Department of Public Health director fined $150K for ethics violation
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois' former top doctor has been fined by the state ethics commission. Dr. Ngozi Ezike lead the Illinois Department of Public Health during the COVID-19 pandemic. She later ...