Watchdog Expects Electric Rate Ripoffs Ahead Of New Consumer Protection Laws
Get ready for a summer of ripoffs. In the last four years, Illinois residents have overpaid more than $600 million for electricity, and it's about to get worse.
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Get ready for a summer of ripoffs. In the last four years, Illinois residents have overpaid more than $600 million for electricity, and it's about to get worse.
Patients in pain have been paying thousands of dollars for treatments that don't work.
A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the family of an 8-year-old who was handcuffed by Chicago Police when they raided a home in March.
Just before they began to get ready for school on a Friday morning, 8-year-old Royal Smart, his siblings and his mother said they woke up to flashing lights and the sound of a bullhorn.
"I think this school is lacking diversity. I hope the plan they're putting in place will increase diversity."
On Thursday, CBS 2's Pam Zekman took her investigations into Chicago's critical shortage of ambulances to the new mayor and found help is on the way.
Nearly 100 employees of a bankrupt business that owes thousands of dollars in unpaid medical bills are finally seeing relief.
As the sun sat on Father John Smyth's life, allegations of sexual misconduct arose.
Baby Chase was shot in the head three months ago and is making a remarkable recovery. His family is grateful and happy about that, but as they told CBS 2 Investigator Dave Savini, they are not so happy with the police investigation.
A toddler riding with his grandmother gets shot in the head. The grandmother, Kakesia Walker, says Chicago Police towed her vehicle as evidence and she never saw it again.
You park, you pay, you stay too long, you expect to get a ticket. If that happens in most neighborhoods, the ticket is supposed to be cheaper than what you'd pay downtown
When a loved one dies unexpectedly, it leaves family members with lots of questions.
Larry Richardson is one of the people who called CBS 2 Investigators after the first expose on the City's water billing system aired in February. Some owed hundreds of dollars, others tens of thousands.
The legislation would also encourage carriers to use technology to stop what's called spoofing. That's where the scammers put a bogus number on the caller ID.
In three separate cases, Chicago Police officers had the incorrect address listed on a warrant and raided the wrong home, traumatizing innocent families and children. But, CBS 2 has uncovered that critical moments that should have been captured on police body worn cameras are missing or were never recorded at all.
