The arrest API had been shut down after The Chicago Reporter used it to disprove official claims about arrests during George Floyd protests.
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How Illinois obscures racial disparities in school discipline data
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The state is legally required to publish data on the race and ethnicity of students who are disciplined in schools. Here’s why that’s not happening.
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How we researched Chicago student transfer patterns
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About a third of students leaving segregated, low-income Chicago schools end up back in majority black and poor suburban schools, our analysis shows.
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Cómo investigamos la recuperación de salarios en el Departamento Laboral de Illinois
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Un análisis de miles de denuncias de robo de salario muestra que hay poca probabilidad de que un trabajador recupere su sueldo en Illinois.
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How we investigated wage enforcement at the Illinois Department of Labor
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An analysis of thousands of wage complaints shows that workers face long odds of recouping pay in Illinois.
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Who benefited from same-day voter registration in Chicago?
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As Illinois’ same-day registration law faces a legal challenge, here’s the racial breakdown on where Chicagoans took advantage of it in the first election since it was enacted.
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Chicago’s economic recovery varies by race, new Census data shows
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From poverty to household earnings to Internet access, economic conditions for black and Hispanic residents lag behind those of whites according to newly published figures.