
Binghui Huang
Reporter at Illinois Answers Project
investigative reporter covering economic equity and opportunity issues in Chicago @illinoisanswers. tell me things. [email protected] 312-767-9531
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1 week ago |
freeburgtribune.com | Binghui Huang |Illinois Answers
byIllinois Answers Project COOK COUNTY — The day before Christmas eve in 2023, Andrew Ciaccio was up all night trying to soothe his stomach pains. When he woke, he could barely sit up. Something was wrong. “It was pretty intense,” he recalled. “I was vomiting and really sweating and really feverish and just really in rough shape. [I] couldn’t even put shoes on.” Panicked, his partner looked up the nearest hospital: Advocate Masonic Hospital. Once Ciaccio got to the hospital, a new panic set in.
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1 week ago |
southsideweekly.com | Binghui Huang
This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project as part of their series¬†Making it in Chicago: Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity. Around 1938, Marshall Hatch‚Äôs father hopped on a train in Mississippi to follow his older sister to Chicago, a city that promised a better life with opportunities that could benefit generations after him.¬†‚ÄúThey used to say ‚Äėif you can‚Äôt find a job in Chicago, you can‚Äôt find a job anywhere,‚Äô‚ÄĚ Hatch said.
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1 week ago |
southsideweekly.com | Binghui Huang
This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project as part of their series Making it in Chicago: Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity. The day before Christmas eve in 2023, Andrew Ciaccio was up all night trying to soothe his stomach pains. When he woke, he could barely sit up. Something was wrong. “It was pretty intense,” he recalled. “I was vomiting and really sweating and really feverish and just really in rough shape.
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1 week ago |
illinoisanswers.org | Binghui Huang
COOK COUNTY — The day before Christmas eve in 2023, Andrew Ciaccio was up all night trying to soothe his stomach pains. When he woke, he could barely sit up. Something was wrong. “It was pretty intense,” he recalled. “I was vomiting and really sweating and really feverish and just really in rough shape. [I] couldn’t even put shoes on.”Panicked, his partner looked up the nearest hospital: Advocate Masonic Hospital. Once Ciaccio got to the hospital, a new panic set in.
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Feb 6, 2025 |
ourcommunitynow.com | Binghui Huang
SOUTH CHICAGO — South Chicago teenager Silvestre Luna wants what so many young people plan for: a job he likes, good pay and opportunities to grow in his career. He hasn’t had it easy. After losing his little brother around Halloween 2023, he dropped out of high school. “I was in a dark place,” the 19-year-old recalled.
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Any one in the Chicago area have stories to share about finding, affording, providing or using childcare? My coworkers @MereNewman & @_MJHopkins are working on a project on accessibility and quality and want to hear from more parents. Link to get in touch: https://t.co/wFwnTBK7Ql

My first story for @IllinoisAnswers is a deeper dive into the uncertain future of the quantum computing industry as plans move forward to build a major tech hub on Chicago South Side.

NEW from @Binghuihuang: Developers say a quantum hub will bring good jobs to South Chicago, with state backing in the hundreds of millions. But some question if the tech will work—and if locals will benefit. https://t.co/12RWCXSYQx

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