Midwest Archive

What Happened to Rezwan

by Kartikay Mehrotra, ProPublica, and Matti Gellman, The Kansas City Star

November 19, 2022, 5:00 am EST
Michigan’s Largest Utility Wants a Rate Hike as It Disconnects a High Number of Customers for Nonpayment

by Sarah Alvarez, Outlier Media, and Emily Hopkins, ProPublica

November 17, 2022, 2:30 pm EST
In Missouri’s Sheltered Workshops, Disabled Workers Make Low Wages For Years

by Madison Hopkins, The Kansas City Beacon

November 16, 2022, 2:00 pm EST
The Landlord & the Tenant

by Raquel Rutledge, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica

November 16, 2022, 7:00 am EST
Missouri Allows Some Disabled Workers to Earn Less Than $1 an Hour. The State Says It’s Fine If That Never Changes.

by Madison Hopkins, The Kansas City Beacon

November 15, 2022, 6:00 am EST
Report Finds “Code of Silence” at Mental Health Facility Where Staff Abused and Neglected Patients

by Beth Hundsdorfer, Capitol News Illinois, and Molly Parker, Lee Enterprises Midwest

November 11, 2022, 8:30 am EST
Chicago Officials Withhold Key Financial Information as City Hands Public Housing Land Over to Wealthy Ally of the Mayor

by Mick Dumke

November 4, 2022, 5:00 am EDT
Ohio Lawmakers Seek Strict Rules for “Clean Energy” Lending

by Jeremy Kohler

November 2, 2022, 5:00 am EDT
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial

by Justin Elliott, Megan O’Matz and Doris Burke

October 26, 2022, 5:00 am EDT
What One Photographer Captured in Wisconsin’s Changing Election Climate

by Megan O’Matz, photography by David Kasnic for ProPublica

October 22, 2022, 5:00 am EDT
Tim Ryan: The Working-Class-Jobs Candidate in the Era of Resentment

by Alec MacGillis

October 21, 2022, 5:00 am EDT
The Chicago Housing Authority Keeps Giving Up Valuable Land While HUD Rubber-Stamps the Deals

by Mick Dumke

October 13, 2022, 5:00 am EDT
Deaths Linked to Neglect, Error Raise Concerns About Quality of Care at This Safety Net Hospital

by Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, with additional reporting by Nick Blumberg, WTTW/Chicago PBS

October 12, 2022, 5:00 am EDT
Chilling Audio Provides Rare Glimpse Into Abuse at Troubled Illinois Residential Facility

by Beth Hundsdorfer, Capitol News Illinois, and Molly Parker, Lee Enterprises Midwest

October 10, 2022, 8:30 am EDT
Election Deniers Failed to Hand Wisconsin to Trump but Have Paved the Way for Future GOP Success

by Megan O’Matz

October 6, 2022, 5:00 am EDT
New Air Monitors Among Major Impacts of ProPublica Toxic Air Pollution Reporting

by Lisa Song and Alexandra Zayas

September 29, 2022, 1:20 pm EDT
Michigan’s Largest Utility Faces Pushback on Debt Sales and Shut-Offs as Company Asks for Rate Hike

by Emily Hopkins

September 23, 2022, 6:00 am EDT
A Land Deal Benefiting a Billionaire’s Soccer Team Is Muscled Through Despite Objections

by Mick Dumke

September 21, 2022, 6:50 pm EDT
State Investigation Reveals Racial Disparities in Student Discipline and Police Involvement

by Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, and Jennifer Smith Richards

September 14, 2022, 6:00 am EDT
A Private Policing Company in St. Louis Is Staffed With Top Police Department Officers

by Jeremy Kohler

September 9, 2022, 6:00 am EDT
St. Louis’ Private Police Forces Make Security a Luxury of the Rich

by Jeremy Kohler

September 8, 2022, 6:00 am EDT
Indiana Police Officer Pleads Guilty After Beating Handcuffed Man

by Marek Mazurek, South Bend Tribune

September 7, 2022, 1:50 pm EDT
Illinois Governor Calls for Changes After “Awful” Reports of Abuse at Developmental Center

by Beth Hundsdorfer, Capitol News Illinois, and Molly Parker and Brenden Moore, Lee Enterprises Midwest

September 6, 2022, 8:30 pm EDT
At a Remote Mental Health Facility, a Culture of Cruelty Persists Despite Decades of Warnings

by Molly Parker, Lee Enterprises Midwest, and Beth Hundsdorfer, Capitol News Illinois

September 2, 2022, 9:00 am EDT
A Disabled Young Patient Was Sent to Get Treatment. He Was Abused Instead. And He Wasn’t the Last.

by Beth Hundsdorfer, Capitol News Illinois, and Molly Parker, Lee Enterprises Midwest

September 2, 2022, 8:00 am EDT
Minnesota Set to Become “Abortion Access Island” in the Midwest, but for Whom?

by Jessica Lussenhop

August 25, 2022, 6:00 am EDT
How a Secretive Billionaire Handed His Fortune to the Architect of the Right-Wing Takeover of the Courts

by Andrew Perez, The Lever, and Andy Kroll and Justin Elliott, ProPublica

August 22, 2022, 2:45 pm EDT
She Didn’t Know She Still Owed Money to Her Utility. Then 25% of Her Paycheck Was Gone.

by Sarah Alvarez, Outlier Media, and Emily Hopkins, ProPublica

August 19, 2022, 5:00 am EDT
Republicans Turn Against the League of Women Voters

by Megan O’Matz

August 18, 2022, 8:55 am EDT
Clean Energy Lender Will Stop Making High-Interest PACE Loans in Missouri

by Jeremy Kohler

August 12, 2022, 12:30 pm EDT
“God, No, Not Another Case.” COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn’t Have to Happen.

by Duaa Eldeib

August 4, 2022, 6:00 am EDT
Michigan Proposes Juvenile Justice Reforms After Story of Teen Locked Up for Missing Homework Exposed Gaps in System

by Jodi S. Cohen

July 22, 2022, 1:30 pm EDT
New Data Gives Insight Into Ticketing at Five Suburban Chicago School Districts

by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica

July 22, 2022, 7:00 am EDT
Two Cities Took Different Approaches to Pandemic Court Closures. They Got Different Results.

by Alec MacGillis

July 19, 2022, 5:00 am EDT
In Debate Over Chicago’s Speed Cameras, Concerns Over Safety, Racial Disparities Collide

by Melissa Sanchez and Emily Hopkins

July 8, 2022, 5:00 am EDT
Ken Griffin Spent $54 Million Fighting a Tax Increase for the Rich. Secret IRS Data Shows It Paid Off for Him.

by Paul Kiel and Mick Dumke

July 7, 2022, 5:00 am EDT
A Teen Was Ticketed at School for a Theft She Says Didn’t Happen. Years Later, She’s Still Fighting.

by Jennifer Smith Richards, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica

June 16, 2022, 6:00 am EDT
Shielded From Public View, Misconduct by Corrections Staff in Illinois Prisons Received Scant Discipline

by Shannon Heffernan, WBEZ

June 10, 2022, 7:00 am EDT
This Land Was Promised for Housing. Instead It’s Going to a Pro Soccer Team Owned by a Billionaire.

by Mick Dumke, ProPublica; Video by Nick Blumberg, WTTW/Chicago PBS

June 9, 2022, 11:00 am EDT
How Missouri Helps Abortion Opponents Divert State Taxes to Crisis Pregnancy Centers

by Jeremy Kohler

June 6, 2022, 5:00 am EDT
Illinois Will Investigate Possible Civil Rights Violations in Student Ticketing

by Jennifer Smith Richards, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica

May 26, 2022, 6:00 am EDT
Daniel Taylor Was Innocent. He Spent Decades in Prison Trying to Fix the State’s Mistake.

by Steve Mills

May 25, 2022, 5:00 am EDT
The Hypnotherapist and Failed Politician Who Helped Fuel the Never-Ending Hunt for Election Fraud in Wisconsin

by Megan O’Matz

May 23, 2022, 6:00 am EDT
Illinois Will Stop Helping Cities Collect Some School Ticket Debt From Students

by Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, and Jennifer Smith Richards

May 13, 2022, 5:00 am EDT
Lawmakers Demand Action on Child Welfare Failures

by Molly Parker, The Southern Illinoisan

May 11, 2022, 3:00 pm EDT
Black Students in Illinois Are Far More Likely to Be Ticketed by Police for School Behavior Than White Students

by Jennifer Smith Richards, and Jodi S. Cohen, photography by Armando L. Sanchez, Chicago Tribune, illustrations by Laila Milevski

May 6, 2022, 5:00 am EDT
Wrongly Convicted Man Receives $7.5 Million Settlement in Indiana

by Marek Mazurek, South Bend Tribune

May 5, 2022, 12:30 pm EDT
Illinois’ Education Chief Urges Schools to Stop Working With Police to Ticket Students for Misbehavior

by Jennifer Smith Richards, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica

April 29, 2022, 1:15 pm EDT
The Price Kids Pay: Schools and Police Punish Students With Costly Tickets for Minor Misbehavior

by Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, and Jennifer Smith Richards, photography by Armando L. Sanchez, Chicago Tribune, illustrations by Laila Milevski, ProPublica

April 28, 2022, 5:00 am EDT
What We Lose When We Conflate Child “Abuse” and “Neglect”

by Molly Parker, The Southern Illinoisan

April 25, 2022, 6:00 am EDT

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