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The family is asking for the Illinois State Police to take over the investigation as their attorney says CPD’s story of what happened doesn’t “pass the smell test.”| Illinois Answers Project
After Rivera was killed in June by Officer Carlos Baker, officials told the Illinois Department of Labor she’d been gunned down by a barricaded suspect. The police still haven’t corrected that. The post Chicago Police Told State Officials Officer Krystal Rivera Was Shot by an ‘Armed Suspect,’ Not Her Partner appeared first on Illinois Answers Project.| Illinois Answers Project
Officer Carlos Baker was accused of attacking a female cop at DSTRKT Bar & Grill. He told police he was harassed by two women — the off-duty cop and his girlfriend’s mother, who he said attacked him and referred to him as "a murderer." The post Chicago Cop Who Killed Partner Says He’s the Victim in Wicker Park Bar Fight appeared first on Illinois Answers Project.| Illinois Answers Project
Officer Carlos Baker, the Chicago cop who fatally shot his partner Krystal Rivera while pursuing a suspect, was stripped of his police powers on Friday but not for the shooting. […] The post Chicago cop who fatally shot partner Krystal Rivera is stripped of his police powers — but not for that appeared first on Illinois Answers Project.| Illinois Answers Project
Carlos Baker, the Chicago police officer who shot and killed his partner Krystal Rivera allegedly attacked a female officer at a bar in Wicker Park| Illinois Answers Project
In November, a 16-year-old boy was found with a Glock handgun that went missing after it was handed in at a buyback at a South Side church.| Illinois Answers Project
The Better Government Association–the only Illinois non-profit holding power to account through investigative and solutions-focused journalism and policy advocacy–is seeking an inspiring, innovative and accomplished leader to take us to […] The post V.P. of Audience and Impact appeared first on Illinois Answers Project.| Illinois Answers Project
About the Illinois Answers Project:The Illinois Answers Project is an award-winning nonprofit newsroom committed to in-depth journalism that brings transparency, accountability, and equity to public systems across Chicago and Illinois. […] The post Data & Interactives Journalist appeared first on Illinois Answers Project.| Illinois Answers Project
Small clinics and hospitals are drowning in denied and delayed claims from Illinois Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs). To cope, some providers have stopped accepting Medicaid altogether. Meanwhile, MCOs are seeing increasing profits, but aren’t meeting patient care metrics. The post Billions in Profits, Millions in Unpaid Claims: Medicaid Insurers Leave Illinois Providers Struggling, Patients Losing Care appeared first on Illinois Answers Project.| Illinois Answers Project
The handgun was stolen from a room full of cops and ended up being used in crimes including the shooting of Twanda Willingham, who's suing.| Illinois Answers Project
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services can delay reports for years. The post ‘The Public Deserves to Know.’ State Agency Withholds Details in Girl’s Death appeared first on Illinois Answers Project.| Illinois Answers Project
Carterville residents say sewage floods their homes and yards. A new wastewater treatment plant could resolve the issue, but construction hasn’t started.| Illinois Answers Project
While the state infuses millions of dollars a year into child care programs, the strict eligibility requirements and limitations for its largest child care subsidy exclude tens of thousands of families.| Illinois Answers Project
Officer Carlos A. Baker has had more than a dozen complaints against him, records show. He has faced three suspensions and two reprimands.| Illinois Answers Project
The Illinois Answers Project's "Strapped Down" series investigated the overuse, misuse and abuse of restraint chairs in county jails across Illinois.| Illinois Answers Project
Sanitary sewer overflows, SSOs, are a release of untreated or partially treated waste from a city sewer. Sanitary sewer overflows are illegal. But when normal systems become overloaded through heavy rain or a larger load from an increasing population, SSOs occur.| Illinois Answers Project
Five dozen communities in Southern Illinois account for a third of the reported sanitary sewer overflows in the state in the last decade. But with low revenues, population declines, and bureaucratic delays, solutions are hard to come by. Meanwhile, residents face property damage flooded yards and basements and governments that still haven’t fixed the problem.| Illinois Answers Project
Climate change is leading to severe flooding in Chicago and across Illinois. Here's what the city and state are doing to protect residents.| Illinois Answers Project
