Dylan Tiger, CU-Citizen Access

Illinois billionaire Shahid Khan investing in thousands of acres of the state's farmland

In recent years, Urbana billionaire Shahid Khan has added to investments by quietly purchasing farmland through a company he owns called Baloo Enterprises LLC. A spokesperson for Khan confirmed earlier this month that Khan has purchased roughly 24,000 acres of farmland in central Illinois.

By Marissa Plescia, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and Dylan Tiger, CU-Citizen Access

/ 1 Apr 2021

Illinois billionaire Shahid Khan investing in thousands of acres of the state's farmland

Additional campus COVID complaints show more unsafe, unhealthy and outlandish behavior

These were the events among the roughly 200 complaints sent to university officials in the latter part of the fall semester in 2020 at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.

By Dylan Tiger, CU-Citizen Access

/ 11 Mar 2021

Additional campus COVID complaints show more unsafe, unhealthy and outlandish behavior

COVID on Campus: Containing hot spots a difficult challenge

When universities across the U.S. reopened and welcomed tens of thousands of students back to campus this fall, students partied in apartments, at pools and on the lawns of Greek houses — celebrating as if COVID-19 did not exist. Local public health departments and universities alike received thousa

By Gavin Good/For The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, Julia Morrison/For The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, Hali Tauxe/For The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, Danielle DuClos/For The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, Chris Martucci/For The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and Dylan Tiger, CU-Citizen Access

/ 25 Jan 2021

COVID on Campus: Containing hot spots a difficult challenge

Reports on "recovered" Covid-19 cases inconsistent and incomplete

As Covid-19 surges again in the U.S., the high percentage of “recovered” cases might be cited as a sign that a vast majority of those infected quickly rid themselves of the virus. But the “recovered” statistics are incomplete, inconsistent and call into question the accuracy of any total number of r

By Dylan Tiger, CU-Citizen Access, Isaiah Baba/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, Daria Makhneva/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and Samantha Boyle, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 10 Jul 2020

Reports on "recovered" Covid-19 cases inconsistent and incomplete

Informants, guns and travel: Seized funds free police to spend on wide range of items

This story is part of a collaborative reporting initiative supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. See all the stories at taken.pulitzercenter.org. A sniper rifle, night vision

By Dylan Tiger, CU-Citizen Access

/ 2 Mar 2020