Unsettling Accounts: How Illinois is confronting the growing student loan crisis
People in their 20s and 30s who are burdened by student loans find it difficult to buy a home, but ...
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‘We are at the mercy of child care’: Why does Illinois’ largest subsidy exclude thousands?
Child care has become one of the biggest line items in a family's budget, with its costs growing faster than ...
Plan to limit scope of ‘crime-free housing’ ordinances clears Illinois Senate committee
A Senate committee advanced a measure aiming to limit the circumstances under which tenants can be evicted under local “crime-free ...
Under ‘crime-free housing’ laws, families may be evicted for minor offenses
In some Illinois cities, shoplifting, calling 911 too many times or even being a victim of a crime can get ...
Illinois’ child welfare agency failed to produce critical reports after child deaths
In many cases, children die, but the Department of Children and Family Services does not produce a required report that ...
Most Illinois jails restrain people in chairs. This county ‘violently shocked’ them, too.
A few years ago, Coles County Jail promised to stop using electrified “stun cuffs” to shock people restrained in chairs. ...
The U.N. calls restraint chairs torture. Illinois jails use them every day.
The Illinois Answers Project found jail staff are restraining people in chairs in ways that often violate policies and last ...
For many Illinoisans in flood-prone areas, buyouts are the only way out
A state government home buyout program has helped hundreds of people move out of harm's way. But for many, it ...
Flooding is Illinois’ Most Threatening Natural Disaster. Are We Prepared?
When it comes to preventing severe flooding, there’s not one fix. Over the next few weeks, the Illinois Answers Project ...
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