Stephanie Zimmermann
Investigative Journalist at Chicago Sun-Times
Investigative journalist at Chicago @Suntimes. Expert in consumer issues. Left Twitter for bluer skies. Find me there: @szreports.bsky.social
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1 week ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Frank Main |Stephanie Zimmermann
Criminal defendants in Illinois who are mentally ill have often languished behind bars not because they’ve been found guilty of a crime but because they’re waiting to be placed in a state mental hospital. After years of complaints, Illinois lawmakers have taken a step to address that problem with a bill that cleared the General Assembly on Friday with a House vote of 103-13 and now heads to Gov. JB Pritzker.
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1 week ago |
sumikai.com | Stephanie Zimmermann
Die japanische Regierung zieht in Erwägung, Erde, die aus den kontaminierten Gebieten rund um das beschädigte Kernkraftwerk Fukushima Daiichi entfernt wurde, auf dem Gelände des Büros des Premierministers sowie weiterer Ministerien und Behörden wiederzuverwenden.
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2 weeks ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Stephanie Zimmermann
The insurance industry’s continued embrace of fossil fuel projects is worsening climate change, which ultimately hits consumers in the form of higher premiums for homeowners insurance, consumer groups said Wednesday.
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3 weeks ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Stephanie Zimmermann
Lisa Osborne-Siefert became a consumer advocate shortly after her worst day as a parent, in 2011. She had walked into her 2-year-old son’s room to wake him from his afternoon nap and found his little body pinned under a tipped-over dresser. Shane Siefert had told his mom “Love you,” as he settled in for his nap. But at some point, the toddler got out of his bed and climbed on the dresser, which toppled onto him.
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3 weeks ago |
sumikai.com | Stephanie Zimmermann
Eine aufmerksame Verkäuferin eines Convenience Stores in der japanischen Stadt Fukuoka hat zum fünften Mal einen Betrug verhindert. Für ihren Einsatz wurde sie nun bereits zum dritten Mal von der Polizei geehrt. Eine 53-jährige Angestellte eines Convenience Stores in der Stadt Fukuoka im Südwesten Japans hat ein Dankesschreiben erhalten, da sie einen Betrugsversuch an einem älteren Mann verhinderte, dem ein Lotteriegewinn von 600 Millionen Yen (etwa 3,64 Millionen Euro) versprochen worden war.
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RT @ChipMitchell1: Lowball offers. Unfair denials of claims. Delayed payment. Some car #insurers in #Illinois amass much higher rates of co…
Illinois used to create a list of the most complained-about car insurance companies, relative to the amount of premiums they write. But they stopped after 2020 — so we crunched the new numbers for you. My latest Watchdogs investigation for @Suntimes — https://t.co/fJ7QPYMhZB