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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.

Jan 5, 2024 | nextcity.org | Alex Nitkin |Illinois Answers

There’s a wide spectrum of cyclists who take to the streets each week with the Evanston Bicycle Club. Newer, lower-speed riders mostly stay inside Evanston and surrounding suburbs, taking advantage of barrier-protected bike lanes and quieter residential streets. Cyclists with a bit more energy and experience go for longer rides up to Wilmette or Glencoe.

Dec 28, 2023 | nextcity.org | Kelli Duncan |Illinois Answers

This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project and South Side Weekly. It was early 2020 when Jay Davis realized his family was going to lose his childhood home, a red brick house in Rosemoor on the South Side of Chicago that had been in his family for generations. Davis’ great-uncle had been living there, and as his dementia worsened the one-story house began to deteriorate.

Nov 30, 2023 | nextcity.org | Alex Nitkin |Illinois Answers

The tenant of a two-story house in east Denver had been expecting Kevin Lewis when he knocked on her door this past June. After a brief introduction and a glance around the home, Lewis quickly checked the water pressure, power outlets and the cooling sources in each room. He reached a wiry arm up to a ceiling smoke alarm and pressed a button, prompting a chirp to echo through the house.

Nov 9, 2023 | nextcity.org | Alex Nitkin |Illinois Answers

About a week before college classes began in Boulder, Colorado, in 2016, hundreds of students and other tenants moved into their apartments and discovered two people would be living in each bedroom. After complaints to the city, Boulder housing officials stepped in, finding the owner had illegally subdivided the rooms and that some units lacked smoke alarms and fire exits. Officials emptied the building and crews were immediately on site making repairs.