
Madison Hopkins
Senior Investigative Reporter at Illinois Answers Project
Senior Investigative Reporter at Better Government Association
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter with @IllinoisAnswers/@bettergov Former: @kcbeacon Tips/questions: [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
dailyherald.com | Madison Hopkins |Meredith Newman
Tasia Powell gave birth to her baby girl this spring, but was unable to find realistic child care options because she earns a few hundred dollars over the limit to qualify for subsidized child care. Akilah Townsend for Illinois Answers Project A single mother in Kenwood changed jobs in order to find child care – even though it meant possibly working fewer hours and less pay. A couple in Park Ridge has paid so much for care they haven’t been able to start a college fund for their toddler.
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3 weeks ago |
freeburgtribune.com | Madison Hopkins |Meredith Newman
CHICAGO — A single mother in Kenwood changed jobs in order to find child care, even though it meant possibly working fewer hours and less pay. A couple in Park Ridge has paid so much for care they haven’t been able to start a college fund for their toddler. A family in Lemont delayed buying a home and decided against having as many children as they once hoped for.
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3 weeks ago |
southsideweekly.com | Madison Hopkins |Meredith Newman
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. A single mother in Kenwood changed jobs in order to find child careâeven though it meant possibly working fewer hours and less pay. A couple in Park Ridge has paid so much for care they havenât been able to start a college fund for their toddler.
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3 weeks ago |
illinoisanswers.org | Madison Hopkins |Meredith Newman
CHICAGO — A single mother in Kenwood changed jobs in order to find child care – even though it meant possibly working fewer hours and less pay. A couple in Park Ridge has paid so much for care they haven’t been able to start a college fund for their toddler. A family in Lemont delayed buying a home and decided against having as many children as they once hoped for.
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2 months ago |
biorxiv.org | Madison Hopkins |Zachary Yasinov |Mark J. Fakler |Grace E. Wilde
AbstractThe cortex layer of the peptidoglycan cell wall surrounding bacterial spores contains a modified sugar, muramic-δ-lactam, that is essential for spore germination. Genetic evidence has linked the conserved enzyme SwsB to the muramic-δ-lactam biosynthetic pathway. SwsB belongs to a large family of metal-dependent deacetylases, but its function is unclear because a putative catalytic residue is mutated.
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