Katy Smyser
Senior Producer, Journalist at WMAQ-TV (Chicago, IL)
Investigative producer at NBC5 Chicago. #investigative #publicrecords geek. Mom to four; wife to one; dog-walker to two. Retweets ≠ endorsements. Send tips.
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1 day ago |
nbcchicago.com | Chuck Goudie |Katy Smyser
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows up and agents place people in handcuffs, the typical explanation from ICE is that there is a final order from a judge and the person being taken away hasn't complied with that order. That appears to have been the case yesterday in Chicago, although ICE officials have provided no details. But how does it get to this point? And why yesterday?
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3 days ago |
nbcchicago.com | Bennett Haeberle |Nathan Halder |Rich Moy |Katy Smyser
In 2018, President Donald Trump came to southeast Wisconsin to proclaim the coming of “the eighth wonder of the world.”He was standing on a plot of land near Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin – a mostly-rural village of 27,000 people nestled between Racine to the east, and Interstate 94 to the west.
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4 days ago |
nbcchicago.com | Chuck Goudie |Lisa Capitanini |Katy Smyser
The other shoe is about to drop on former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan as his sentencing date looms. First Madigan was convicted of corruption in February. Now he awaits his sentencing-- which is happening next week. NBC 5 Investigates has looked into the punishment Madigan could receive, what he and his attorneys think he should get, and what could end up occurring in court next week.
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1 week ago |
nbcchicago.com | Bennett Haeberle |Katy Smyser |Lisa Capitanini
As the final hours of the legislative sessions tick away, Illinois lawmakers are expected to vote on a measure that would address what advocates say is a chilling gap in state law, which until now has allowed hospitals to transfer sexual victims to other hospitals 40 to 80 miles away, an issue NBC 5 Investigates first reported on last fall.
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1 week ago |
nbcchicago.com | Chuck Goudie |Katy Smyser
NBC5 Investigates what will happen next to Chicago street gang kingpin and killer Larry Hoover, 24 hours after his life sentences were erased by President Trump. A day after Chicago street gang big shot Larry “The King” Hoover was let off the federal hook by President Trump, Hoover is being processed out of the federal “Supermax” prison in Colorado.
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