Investigative journalist at Chicago @Suntimes. Expert in consumer issues. Left Twitter for bluer skies. Find me there: @szreports.bsky.social
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Hello, Twitter friends — I’ve relocated to Threads (I’m still @szreports)
Stephanie Zimmermann retweeted
Lowball offers. Unfair denials of claims. Delayed payment. Some car #insurers in #Illinois amass much higher rates of complaints than others, @SZReports of @Suntimes found.
@JBPritzker @SpeakerWelchIL @DonHarmonIL: How about some regulation already?
chicago.suntimes.com/the-wat…
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 —
chicago.suntimes.com/the-wat…
Great story by @dstru312 of @Suntimes about how the size and shape of SUVs and trucks are creating dangers for pedestrians -- and how @NHTSAgov -proposed design rules could help.
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Stephanie Zimmermann retweeted
I'm headed to teach full-time at @MedillSchool this fall and run their audio program. I love WBEZ and my 17 years there, but I'm ready to take on a new adventure. I will still keep my Sun-Times column and I will find ways to collaborate with WBEZ. medill.northwestern.edu/news…
Stephanie Zimmermann retweeted
Coming to the Montrose public beach soon enough will be the chicks so our message of the day for plover allies to share among your networks is "please, no dogs on the public beach." A chick could be gone in an instant. 1/2
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Stephanie Zimmermann retweeted
Sex dungeon on Chicago's Near West Side has gotten property tax breaks for decades chicago.suntimes.com/the-wat…
Stephanie Zimmermann retweeted
Not a story you see everyday ... sex dungeon in Chicago gets property tax breaks for decades, via @tnovaksuntimes @stephaniezim @SZReports @FrankMainNews: tinyurl.com/mptz5frh
As a consumer reporter, I expected this car would heat up in the sun but was surprised by how fast it became deadly-hot. Here’s what to know about heatstroke and vehicles, plus our test video, via @Suntimes
chicago.suntimes.com/the-wat…
Stephanie Zimmermann retweeted
So Chicago …
8 piece band Lawrence Tome playing a concert on a cement pylon in the middle of the Chicago River @lawrencetome @6figga_dilla @chicagobars @chi_urbanist @robertloerzel @maybemayorbj @JohnnyMarsDJ #riverconcert
Illinois AG Kwame Raoul is suing “deceptive” real estate firm MV Realty, which got $40 million from Chicago’s Monroe Capital.
10 states, HUD and CFPB are all investigating.
My @Suntimes story:
chicago.suntimes.com/the-wat…
Stephanie Zimmermann retweeted
NEW: The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday announced a 7-2 decision in favor of Army veteran James Rudisill, whose case questioned whether the government could limit college money for veterans who’d earned benefits under more than one GI Bill. trib.al/J49jIor
U.S. Supreme Court rules 7-2 in favor of James Rudisill, a decorated Army veteran who said the VA shortchanged him on his GI Bill benefits.
The ruling could unlock benefits for 1.7 million vets who earned college money under more than one GI Bill program.
chicago.suntimes.com/gibill/…
Stephanie Zimmermann retweeted
Fallout reporting from @davemckinney : Chicago Public Media faced public pushback and criticism from a city council member after ending the Vocalo broadcast and the podcast unit. wbez.org/stories/chicago-pub…
Stephanie Zimmermann retweeted
ICYMI: Here’s a link to the GoFundMe started by @pksmid for union members who were laid off by @WBEZ this week: gofundme.com/f/raising-funds…
