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Read more about the article Champaign hired Police Chief Timothy Tyler despite disciplinary past and allegations of misconduct

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In 2022, Timothy Tyler was chosen to lead the Champaign Police Department — despite a string of misconduct allegations from his first policing job in the south Chicago suburb of Markham through his time at the Illinois State Police.

Champaign hired Police Chief Timothy Tyler despite disciplinary past and allegations of misconduct

Post author:Farrah Anderson and Sam Stecklow, Invisible Institute
Post published:February 1, 2024
Post category:Government Justice Public Funds

This article originally appeared on IPM Newsroom on January 29, 2024. This story is part of a partnership focusing on police misconduct in Champaign…

Read more about the article Condemned Champaign apartments’ out-of-town owners facing two city lawsuits seeking reimbursement

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Champaign Park Apartments received the most complaints in Champaign from January 1, 2021 to mid February 2023. During this time, 393 units were condemned by the city.

Condemned Champaign apartments’ out-of-town owners facing two city lawsuits seeking reimbursement

Post author:Grace Brinkman / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:December 11, 2023
Post category:Housing Justice Neighborhoods

Earlier this year, 35 buildings at the Champaign Park Apartments were condemned — prompting two lawsuits filed by the city against the owners after…

Read more about the article Rising Champaign housing complaints detail violations; Champaign Park Apartments received most in past two years

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Champaign Park Apartments received the most complaints in Champaign from January 1, 2021 to mid February 2023. During this time, 393 units were condemned by the city.

Rising Champaign housing complaints detail violations; Champaign Park Apartments received most in past two years

Post author:Ashley Gilbert / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:July 12, 2023
Post category:Government Housing Neighborhoods Public Funds

Over the past year, Champaign Park Apartments had so many serious inspection issues that led to the condemnation of 393 units and an unknown,…

Ignited, contaminated water from the Spiro's Law website. "In some places, the amount of concentrated gas is enough to set the water coming out of a kitchen sink on fire," the website about the lawsuit said.

Contaminated drinking water from Peoples Gas leak persists, funds to fix frozen as lawsuit continues

Post author:Ryan Head / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:January 12, 2022
Post category:Environment Government Public Funds Public Health

A 2016 gas leak into the drinking water supply north of Mahomet continues to be a hot topic even five years later as 2021 nears its end. The first official report of a methane leak from the underground holding wells of Peoples Gas was reported on December 20, 2016. The problem location was County Rd 350 E. in the township of Newcomb, just north of Mahomet and near Fisher, IL. Peoples Gas claims to have capped off the well which was leaking and terminated its use. However, homes in the vicinity were still affected by the leak.

Read more about the article Former U.S. rep recruits farmers for corn lawsuit

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Lawyer William Enyart talks with farmers at the Hilton Garden Inn on Tuesday, September 1, 2015.

Former U.S. rep recruits farmers for corn lawsuit

Post author:Claire Everett / Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting
Post published:September 16, 2015
Post category:Agriculture

Nearly a year after China re-opened its doors to imported U.S. corn, one former U.S. representative is recruiting Illinois farmers into a mass-action lawsuit as plaintiffs. Thousands of farmers – along with major agribusinesses Archer Daniels Midland and Cargill – are suing the Swiss chemical company Syngenta for selling a genetically modified strain of corn in the United States before its approval by China.