Karen Liu, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

Rural residents face diminishing access to quality nursing homes

Rural nursing homes are buffeted with a number of issues that often lead to understaffing and low quality of care. In addition, some nursing homes in rural areas are closing because of financial challenges.

By Karen Liu, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 20 May 2020

Rural residents face diminishing access to quality nursing homes

Illinois nursing homes with 'serious quality issues' face coronavirus outbreaks

Four Illinois nursing homes already identified by federal medical authorities as having a history of serious quality issues have suffered outbreaks of the coronavirus in the past two months.

By Karen Liu, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 25 Apr 2020

TAKEN: Despite reforms, burden still heavy on owners of seized property

The value of the property seized has totaled in hundreds of millions of dollars in property, cash, jewelry and real estate over the last eight years, according to an analysis of Illinois State Police data by the Midwest Center for Investigative Center.

By Karen Liu, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and Pam Dempsey, Investigate Midwest

/ 10 Jun 2019

TAKEN: Despite reforms, burden still heavy on owners of seized property

Taken: Reforms to state civil forfeiture laws still lag, critics say

Increasing lawsuits and allegations of civil right violations prompted the Illinois legislature to pass reforms of civil asset forfeitures that went into effect last year.