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https://lnkd.in/gAwenRjG "A tag identifying the gun had been slipped onto another one, and an envelope for that gun was soon found in the trash. In an office full of cops assigned to inventory the guns and keep them secure, someone had walked off with the Glock." My latest with Peter Nickeas and Tom Schuba
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https://lnkd.in/g_BB_2jQ My latest on the tentative $11.5 million legal settlement with companies owned by woman dubbed Chicago's 'worst landowner,' which wracked up $15 million in fines and fees in unpaid tickets during the past 30 years.
Peoria residents: Attend our event on March 5 at Bradley University to meet reporters from the Illinois Answers Project and the Peoria Journal Star and learn more about transparency laws and public records.
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People were strapped to chairs for hours, days at Madison County Jail. Many were mentally ill or in withdrawal. https://lnkd.in/gqVbu5s5 My first, with my colleague Grace Hauck, for the Illinois Answers Project. The story also published online today in the Belleville News-Democrat and will be in the paper on Sunday. I hope you'll give it a read.
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