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You CAN Take It With You: Judicial Candidate Evaluations into Illinois Voting Booths

45 of the candidates running in Tuesday's Cook County Illinois primary were deemed "not recommended" or "not qualified" by at least one reviewing organization, and the SunTimes wants to know how voters are supposed to discern the best candidates when they're faced with numerous options in the booth....

Links of Interest

What We Read, February 20-26, 2012 Criminal Justice Reform: The big news in criminal justice last week was Governor Quinn's announcement that he plans to close Tamms Prison. The move is applauded by prison reform groups. The Justice Policy Institute wrote about taking politics out of the parol...

Texas Appleseed Report Profiles Small Dollar Lenders

This post originally appeared on the Illinois Asset Building Group (IABG) blog. Chicago Appleseed is an IABG partner. A report released this week by Texas Appleseed, "Reshaping the Future of Small Dollar Lending," makes the policy case for small dollar loans, and then profiles six market newcomers...

Cameras in the Courtrooms

On Tuesday, January 24, the Illinois Supreme Court announced (.pdf) approval of a pilot program to allow cameras in court rooms in Illinois. Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge Timothy Evans is enthusiastic about the idea and plans to petition for inclusion in the program. Judge Evans said he has...

City of Chicago Crowdsources Ethics Reform

At https://webapps.cityofchicago.org/EthicsTaskForce/ you’ll find a growing debate among Chicagoans about how to address ethics problems that have plagued the city for years. The discussion board style site currently lists three topical forums: What ethics related requirement or reform would stre...

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