Coronavirus The Trump Administration told an Illinois health department to leave Rochelle Foods alone. Then a second COVID-19 outbreak struck the plant. A May 1 conference call with federal, state and local health officials sent one message: Despite a COVID-19 outbreak amongst it workers, Rochelle Foods was to remain open. This fall, a second outbreak at the plant wasn’t publicly reported. By Derek Kravitz, Brown Institute for Media Innovation, Georgia Gee, Stabile Center Investigative Journalism, Columbia Journalism School, Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest and Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY Network Agriculture Data Fellow, Investigate Midwest / 17 Jan 2021
Datasets and Documents Find Illinois COVID-19 outbreaks in your area Confidential Illinois data reveals where about 2,600 separate COVID-19 outbreaks have occurred across the state. By Investigate Midwest staff / 7 Oct 2020
