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In what tenant advocates say is a new and welcome move, lending giant Freddie Mac filed a foreclosure lawsuit because of substandard living conditions at Ellis Lakeview Apartments.
The Cook County inspector general accused former public defender Amy Campanelli of inappropriately sharing data on her office’s youth clients to benefit a nonprofit organization where she later took a job.
Injustice Watch revealed in December how Chicago police denied hundreds of U visa certifications from undocumented crime victims. More than half of the city council called for accountability and new transparency rules, but the measures never passed.
Vazquez, who was set to retire next month, was the only Cook County associate judge who was not reappointed to a new four-year term. The vote follows reporting by Injustice Watch about the judge’s actions inside and outside the courtroom.
At least 17,000 adults age 50 and older have been released from Illinois prisons since 2014, and thousands more are in line to come out soon. Older adults are less likely to reoffend than their younger counterparts but face more hurdles to successful reentry.
For at least three years, a data error has caused chaos in the lives of people who were promised a clean record if they did probation.
Associate Judge Gregory P. Vazquez, who filed papers to retire amid Injustice Watch’s investigation, appears on a police raid body camera with the owner of a Brookfield massage parlor known for unlawful sex work. Vazquez said he was merely giving a friend a ride.
The measure follows an Injustice Watch investigation into abuses of the ankle bracelet program known as SCRAM.
Chicago police pulled over hundreds of thousands more drivers than they previously reported, but found guns in fewer than 1 out of every 150 stops, according to a new data analysis.
Interviews, site visits, and records reviewed by a legal advocacy group reveal abusive behavior by staff against mostly Black teens with learning disabilities, according to a new report. Jail officials deny the claims.