ObamaCare’s Failure to Address Tort Reform: Insult to Injury

02/28/2011

Guest blogger, Dr. Mark Neerhof, examines the need for meaningful tort reform in Illinois.

Survey Findings: Probation Officers Have No Confidence in Chief

01/31/2011

Cook County probation officers have cast an enormous vote of no confidence in their current probation chief, according to an online survey conducted by the Illinois Policy Institute.

Institute in Chicagoist: County Tried Misusing Drug Tests

01/31/2011

Lee Williams, Institute Investigative Reporter, featured in an article on corruption in the Cook County Adult Probation Department.

New Probation Policy: Zero Tolerance for Sex Offenders

01/31/2011

Cook County Probation officers say theres a new pro-arrest policy regarding sexual offenders, which resulted from increased public scrutiny of their department.

SPECIAL REPORT: Turning Passes into Fails

01/31/2011

The owner of a medical testing laboratory conducting drug tests of probationers in Cook County says the chief probation officer and several judges are pressuring him for data so they can turn negative drug tests into positive onespasses into fails.

Cook County Probation Dept. Pressuring Drug Test Provider for Negative Test Details

01/31/2011

The Cook County Adult Probation Department is trying to strong-arm a local drug-testing firm into providing information that could falsely imply probationers have not stayed clean.

Preckwinkle Mum About Probation Department, FOIA’d

12/31/2010

The Institute has filed a FOIA request seeking any e-mail sent or received by Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle's concerning the trouble-plagued Adult Probation Department.

Government Is Hiring!

12/31/2010

Government entities make up ____ of the top ten employers in Chicago?

See What They’re Saying: Cook County Adult Probation Investigation

12/31/2010

See where the Institute has been featured in the news regarding the investigation into the Cook County Adult Probation Department.

Neither Probation Chief Nor Chief Judge to Address Civil Rights Lawsuit

12/31/2010

Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced through a spokeswoman he will not address the civil rights lawsuit filed against his probation chief.

Cook County

ObamaCare’s Failure to Address Tort Reform: Insult to Injury

Survey Findings: Probation Officers Have No Confidence in Chief

Institute in Chicagoist: County Tried Misusing Drug Tests

New Probation Policy: Zero Tolerance for Sex Offenders

SPECIAL REPORT: Turning Passes into Fails

Cook County Probation Dept. Pressuring Drug Test Provider for Negative Test Details

Preckwinkle Mum About Probation Department, FOIA’d

Government Is Hiring!

See What They’re Saying: Cook County Adult Probation Investigation

Neither Probation Chief Nor Chief Judge to Address Civil Rights Lawsuit

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

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