Stephanie Zimmermann

Investigative journalist at Chicago @Suntimes. Expert in consumer issues.
Left Twitter for bluer skies. Find me there: @szreports.bsky.social

[Stephanie Zimmermann @SZReports]

Hello, Twitter friends. I've relocated to Bluesky. Please find me there. I'm still SZReports. Thanks!

[Stephanie Zimmermann @SZReports]

Hello, Twitter friends — I’ve relocated to Threads (I’m still @szreports)

[Chip Mitchell @ChipMitchell1]

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?

https://t.co/heBnHHD4SR

[Stephanie Zimmermann @SZReports]

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 —
https://t.co/fJ7QPYMhZB

[Stephanie Zimmermann @SZReports]

My own close call was years ago when a driver in a ginormous SUV almost rolled right over me on Damen, despite a stop sign and pedestrian crosswalk. He was on his phone, and I don't think he saw me crossing right in front of his super tall front end.

[Stephanie Zimmermann @SZReports]

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.
https://t.co/WKwlqQbOnM

[Natalie Y Moore @natalieymoore]

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. https://t.co/c1FxenOYvh

[Chicago Piping Plovers @ChicagoPiping]

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

📸: Chicago Piping Plovers

[Stephanie Zimmermann @SZReports]

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[Stephanie Zimmermann @SZReports]

As you may know, the @Suntimes is part of the nation’s largest nonprofit newsroom.
And we have no paywall! 😍
To keep delivering top-notch journalism to our readers, we need to stay fully funded. Please consider making a donation—and get a free gift! (1/2)
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[Tim Novak @tnovaksuntimes]

Sex dungeon on Chicago's Near West Side has gotten property tax breaks for decades https://t.co/8s0ssemlFC

[Kristen Schorsch @kschorsch]

Not a story you see everyday ... sex dungeon in Chicago gets property tax breaks for decades, via @tnovaksuntimes @stephaniezim @SZReports @FrankMainNews: https://t.co/2qyDdqEm5D

[Stephanie Zimmermann @SZReports]

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

https://t.co/egqXHR3fAe

[Stephanie Zimmermann @SZReports]

@TheRealDtox @electricalWSOP @Nirvana @PIXIES @PJHarveyUK He was so awesome to come play. I’ll never forget hearing that haunting guitar and thinking all those people were gonna drown….! His death is a shock — way, way too soon. 😢

[Great Lake Jumper @TheRealDtox]

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

[Stephanie Zimmermann @SZReports]

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:

https://t.co/ey5DFOAHSY

[Chicago Sun-Times @Suntimes]

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. https://t.co/9so4MiXmb9

[Stephanie Zimmermann @SZReports]

Rudisill had earned college benefits under both the Montgomery GI Bill and the newer, more generous Post-9/11 GI Bill. Federal law allows veterans to tap both plans up to a max of 48 months. This ruling says 48=48 (not less, as the VA had argued.) More details in my story above.

[Stephanie Zimmermann @SZReports]

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.
https://t.co/tbB2kDx1ip

[WBEZ Government & Politics Team @WBEZpolitics]

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. https://t.co/MJedFTvMZz