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Hold judge accountable if she ‘refused’ to cooperate in DUI investigation

Naturally, we hold judges to a higher standard. We expect that they practice what they preach on the bench on their off hours.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cook County judge ‘refused to speak’ with police investigating another judge

Judge Mary Kathleen McHugh was in the car when Associate Judge Mohammed Ghouse was caught driving drunk in Hinsdale, records show.

Chicago Sun-Times

Surprise medical bills hit some uninsured hard

Even if a hospital gives a patient a break, they can owe independent doctors at the facility huge sums.

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Chicago City Council attendance report card: Leslie Hairston best, George Cardenas worst

Council members show up, on average, for four of every five required meetings, a new analysis by The Daily Line, WBEZ and Crain’s Chicago Business found.

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Loretto Hospital CEO George Miller is out of a job

Miller had overseen the hospital when it was accused of financial mismanagement and mishandling COVID-19 vaccines.

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Why City Council members are now attending more meetings

After analyzing publicly available attendance records for meetings between May 2019 and December 2021, WBEZ, Crain’s and The Daily Line found that City Council members overall attended 81% of the meetings they were required to be at.

Chicago Sun-Times

A Chicago ER doctor wrote ‘Emergency’ about COVID’s first year — and the time his own hospital failed his mother

CHICAGO — Thomas Fisher figured he would end up in the very place he works, in the emergency room. Eventually, everyone passes through. Two springs ago, at the onset of the pandemic, he thought he might die of the thing he was treating in others. He updated his will, removed…

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Afternoon Edition: April 5, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Racist dating video at Lincoln Park H.S. sparks difficult conversations among CPS students

“A huge misconception that a lot of kids have is that racism is just a joke,” said Alexa Avellaneda, a junior at Lincoln Park. “It’s not a joke. It’s bigotry. And it can really harm someone’s mental health.”

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Billionaire Ken Griffin hits Pritzker hard on crime, but his firms have millions invested in gun and ammunition makers, records show

Griffin’s hedge fund and market-maker firm reported more than $86 million in investments and holdings in such companies as of December. A company spokesman says Griffin doesn’t choose Citadel’s stock holdings.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Park District lifeguard abuse scandal has cost taxpayers over $330,000 in legal bills

Attorney Jim Franczek’s firm, which investigated the park district’s response, has charged more than $259,000. Another firm has billed more than $70,000.

Chicago Sun-Times

Evanston botched response to ‘pervasive’ lakefront sexual misconduct, report finds

A law firm’s investigators, hired by the suburb, found that officials badly mishandled young, female lifeguards’ complaints of abuse and harassment by supervisors.

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Chicago Fire Department ambulances are once again taking patients to Insight Hospital after being turned away for a year

Those ambulance rides stopped about a year ago — in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic — during a dire nursing shortage in the ER of the Bronzeville hospital, formerly known as Mercy Hospital.

Chicago Sun-Times

In lifeguard abuse scandals, accountability is a must

The sexual misconduct scandals at the Chicago Park District and Evanston beaches have revealed that young female lifeguards and beach workers are often surrounded by predatory supervisors and co-workers.

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These coveted COVID-19 treatments can prevent hospitalizations — but Illinois doesn’t know who’s getting them

After WBEZ inquired about who is receiving the therapeutics, the Illinois Department of Public Health asked pharmacies to track it. "That is a big concern," said Dr. Arti Barnes, the department’s chief medical officer.

Chicago Sun-Times

How sexual misconduct scandal at Evanston city beaches emerged

In text messages to a manager, a former lifeguard described being assaulted by him while unconscious. More than 50 female current or former beach workers came forward last year with accusations of sexual abuse and harassment.

Chicago Sun-Times

At the Table with Laura Washington & Lynn Sweet

CNN’s Laura Coates, former Republican Governor of Illinois Jim Edgar and WBEZ’s Dave McKinney joined our hosts At The Table on Feb. 17 for a conversation on Biden’s Supreme Court pick, the gubernatorial primary, key congressional races and Trump’s influence on state and national politics.

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Chicago Sun-Times becomes nonprofit newspaper with $61 million in backing as merger closes

The long-unprofitable Chicago Sun-Times, which sold just over four years ago for $1, has been reborn as a nonprofit newspaper with $61 million in backing through a potentially groundbreaking merger with public radio station WBEZ-FM 91.5.

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Public radio owner buys Sun-Times in big Chicago media deal

The combination of two storied Chicago news brands has created one of the country’s largest local nonprofit news organizations

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$61 million in donations help complete Sun-Times sale to WBEZ parent

Executives said the philanthropy is pledged over five years to help the paper improve its journalism, expand digitally and continue the print edition.

Chicago Sun-Times

Homework for parents: Getting students vaccinated

In some schools, vaccination rates are in the teens — or lower — a WBEZ analysis found.

Chicago Sun-Times

Don’t be afraid, it’s just public radio

Sun-Times, WBEZ merger a reason to hope.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sun-Times sale called a ‘marriage with a dowry’

The Sun-Times combination with WBEZ includes pledges of cash from foundations and a key backer of the deal.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago public radio company to acquire Sun-Times, forming joint nonprofit newsroom

The Chicago Public Media board voted Tuesday evening to move forward with its acquisition of the Chicago Sun-Times, combining the long-struggling daily newspaper with resurgent public radio station WBEZ-FM 91.5 as one nonprofit multimedia newsroom.

Chicago Sun-Times

Board of WBEZ parent company approves acquisition of Sun-Times

The noncash transfer will not be final until contracts are approved, but both media organizations said they hope to close on the deal by the end of the month.

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