Springfield School Board Pays $125,000 Premium to Contract with Union Vendor

02/28/2011

The Springfield School Board did not choose the lowest bidder to install a geothermal wellfield, which cost taxpayers an additional $125,000.

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.

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.

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.

Institute in FOX Chicago News: Sex Offender Acurie Collier Strikes Again, Some Ask Why He Wasn’t Behind Bars

12/31/2010

A joint investigation by FOX Chicago News and the Illinois Policy Institute finds the agency in charge of keeping watch on that predator apparently dropped the ball.

Institute on NBC Chicago: Suit – Probation Office Failed to Monitor Sex Offender

12/31/2010

Institute's investigative reporter, Lee Williams, discusses a negligence suit filed against the Cook County Adult Probation Department and it's chief officer.

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.

PRESS RELEASE: State Agency Slowdown Costly to Businesses, Jobless

12/31/2010

Now that the tax increases have been signed into law, Illinois must do everything it can to keep businesses from leaving the state. The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) can lead the way by correcting a work slowdown

Lee Williams

Springfield School Board Pays $125,000 Premium to Contract with Union Vendor

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

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

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

Institute in FOX Chicago News: Sex Offender Acurie Collier Strikes Again, Some Ask Why He Wasn’t Behind Bars

Institute on NBC Chicago: Suit – Probation Office Failed to Monitor Sex Offender

Neither Probation Chief Nor Chief Judge to Address Civil Rights Lawsuit

PRESS RELEASE: State Agency Slowdown Costly to Businesses, Jobless

Taxed out: 10 reforms to stop Illinois from losing people and jobs

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