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City Bureau and ProPublica Illinois Partner on Public Meeting Data
Why City Bureau and ProPublica are partnering on a community tool to make public meeting data more accessible.
Chicago’s Bankruptcy Boom
ProPublica’s analysis of racial disparities in bankruptcy revealed a skyrocketing number of filings in Chicago’s black neighborhoods. But most of the cases will fall apart before the debts are wiped away.
How (and Why) We’re Collecting Cook County Jail Data
ProPublica Illinois is restarting a collaborative data collection project to better understand what happens to inmates at Cook County Jail.
Cook County Assessor Faces Questions About Property Tax Inequity
After reporting showed that Cook County’s property tax assessments punish the poor and reward the rich, Assessor Joseph Berrios is called before a public board to explain.
Chicago Area Disparities in Car Insurance Premiums
Some car insurers charge higher premiums in Chicago’s minority neighborhoods than in predominantly white neighborhoods with similar risk of accidents.
Minority Neighborhoods Pay Higher Car Insurance Premiums Than White Areas With the Same Risk
Our analysis of premiums and payouts in California, Illinois, Texas and Missouri shows that some major insurers charge minority neighborhoods as much as 30 percent more than other areas with similar accident costs.
