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Illinois Health Department admits to exposing more than 700,000 residents' data for years: what you need to know

The Illinois Department of Human Services confirms a multiyear security lapse.

Tom’s Guide · Jan 8

Personal data on over 700,000 exposed by Illinois government agency

A human mistake resulted in a major data leak in late September 2025.

TechRadar · Jan 8

Illinois grapples with rise in sports gambling problems as bets hit $1 billion a month

CHICAGO — The safest bet before Sunday’s Super Bowl is that there would be millions of dollars spent gambling in Illinois. Wagers placed with the state’s sports gambling industry soared in 2022, with gamblers betting nearly $10 billion and casinos raking in $800 million in revenue from gamblers’ aggregate losses.

Chicago Tribune · Feb 13, 2023

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Facility forced patients to dig in feces

Newly obtained documents echo reporting on abuse, cover-ups and a “sense of impunity” at an Illinois institution

Salon · Feb 10, 2023

Venezuelan migrant dies by suicide in suburban Chicago hotel run as shelter, raising concerns about mental health crisis among asylum-seekers

CHICAGO — Like the thousands of migrants who arrived in Chicago from the Texas border in the summer on charter buses, Rona Matahary Rozo, who was 30, had a dream of a better life in this country for her and her family. But on Dec. 2 she was found dead…

Chicago Tribune · Dec 22, 2022

Culture of cruelty persists at state-run mental health facility despite decades of warnings

Officials have urged reforms at the facility for people with mental and developmental disabilities. But the state-run center still has more allegations of abuse and neglect than any in Illinois.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 3, 2022

Brutal beatings, abuse plague state-run mental health facility, investigation reveals

Consequences are few as reports of heinous abuse continue at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in southern Illinois.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 3, 2022

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