Beth Hundsdorfer
Beth is a reporter with Capitol News Illinois.
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On Wednesday, the state announced plans to dramatically reduce the number of patients with developmental disabilities who live at the embattled state-run Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center.
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Ongoing investigations of the state-run facility have revealed culture of abuse and cover-ups.
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Newly obtained documents echo ProPublica's reporting on abuse, cover-ups and a “sense of impunity” at an Illinois institution for people with mental illnesses and developmental disorders. The governor has said Choate must be reformed.
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Federal and state officials have urged reforms at the rural facility for people with mental and developmental disabilities. But the state-run center still has more allegations of abuse and neglect than any other in Illinois.
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The 24-year-old with developmental disabilities was brutally beaten by his caretakers inside an Illinois-run facility with a long history of patient abuse.
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Updated at 3:30 p.m., July 9 with a comment from former KDHX employee Jennifer Dunn Stewart — KDHX leadership is under fire.Within the past few weeks, an…
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Their jobs were to protect Scott Air Force Base and those who live and work there.But a search warrant affidavit stated that two security force members…
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With the Mississippi River at its second-highest level in history, Metro East Sanitary District Executive Director Steve Adler has three worries.The first…
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Lawyers for Missouri’s only abortion provider told a St. Louis Circuit Court judge on Wednesday that it has been unable to renew the clinic’s annual…
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Updated at 4:30 p.m. June 4 with reaction from Planned Parenthood — A St. Louis Circuit Court judge has delayed until Wednesday a hearing that could…
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On the same day last week a Missouri judge issued an order keeping open the state’s only abortion clinic, the Illinois Senate passed the Reproductive…
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Former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger’s chief of staff pleaded guilty on Friday morning to a federal corruption charge of aiding and abetting…