Recently added articles from The Chicago Reporter:
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May 01, 2009 ... The Chicago Reporter's cover investigation on the Illinois State Police's denial of thousands of court orders to expunge or seal criminal records sparked meetings between officials from the Circuit Court of Cook County, the Of rice of the Illinois Attorney General and several legal aid ...
Renters face long waits for vouchers.(SPINOFFS: Keeping Current)
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The news: In April, President Barack Obama allocated $13.6 billion to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for affordable housing and community development. Behind the news: Renters looking for relief from ...
Homelessness jumps among CPS students.(SPINOFFS: Keeping Current)
May 01, 2009; ... The news: A March study by the National Center on Family Homelessness found that one in 50 American children was homeless prior to the current economic crisis. Behind the news: As of February, 11,143 Chicago Public School students--roughly 2.7 percent of ...
A different kind of camp out.(Q&A: Nancy Jackson, Night Moves)
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In Chicago neighborhoods considered "high stroll" areas for prostitution, a full-size Winnebago is parked on the corner four nights a week. Inside, there are prostitutes, but no illicit sexual activity takes place. This camper is more than just ...
Boston bans the box: ordinance in place to stop job discrimination against ex-offenders.(Best Practices)
May 01, 2009; ... Ex-offender advocates in Boston knew that something had to be done. They were making little progress in helping Massachusetts ex-offenders whose criminal histories-officially referred to as "Criminal Offender Record Information"--are logged in the state database. So in 2004, ...
Double trouble: even before the economic crisis began, black people were unemployed at twice the rate of their white counterparts.(Investigation: Unemployment)
May 01, 2009; ... A white person with a criminal record is more likely to get a job than a black person who doesn't have one. It's just one of the contributors to the high unemployment rate for black people nationally and in Illinois. According to the latest unemployment estimates, released in ...