Stacy St. Clair

6 days ago | propublica.org | Audrey Dutton |Phoebe Petrovic |Stacy St. Clair |Jodi S. Cohen

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Just weeks after creating a $50 million tax credit to help families pay for private school tuition and homeschooling, Idaho has shut down a program that helped tens of thousands of public school students pay for laptops, school supplies, tutoring and other educational expenses.

2 weeks ago | news-gazette.com | Stacy St. Clair |Jodi S. Cohen

Amid a standout season last year, University of Illinois men’s basketball stars found themselves in high demand as they reached the Elite Eight in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Three players appeared in a commercial for a local BMW dealership. One did an Instagram post for TurboTax. Another promoted an apartment complex near the Urbana-Champaign campus.

2 weeks ago | propublica.org | Stacy St. Clair |Jodi S. Cohen |Joe Mahr |Jeremy Schwartz

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. College athletes can make money from the use of their name, image and likeness — known as NIL. Athletes are supposed to disclose their NIL deals. But at the University of Illinois, that has failed to happen, a violation of state law.

2 weeks ago | chicagotribune.com | Stacy St. Clair |Jodi S. Cohen

Amid a standout season last year, University of Illinois men’s basketball stars found themselves in high demand as they reached the Elite Eight in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Three players appeared in a commercial for a local BMW dealership. One did an Instagram post for TurboTax. Another promoted an apartment complex near the Urbana-Champaign campus.

Dec 13, 2024 | bnd.com | Steve Rosenberg |Stacy St. Clair

Each December, the Chicago Tribune publishes its Photos of the Year, a collection of images that chronicle the most significant events and provide evocative glimpses into the lives of Chicago-area residents. It's a carefully curated, visual time capsule, filled with images of our region's best moments and its greatest failures. In 2024, Tribune photographers captured the emotions - anger and joy, determination and fear - that defined an unforgettable year.