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CBS Chicago: CBS 2 Investigation uncovering neglect and abuse allegations against foster parents leads to state lawmaker demanding change
A staggering discovery made by the CBS 2 Investigators has an Illinois State Rep. Lakesia Collins (D-Chicago) calling for a new law.
The team uncovered a pattern, dating back to 2016, of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services routinely closing abuse and neglect claims against foster care parents – classifying them as unfounded 90 percent of the time.
Chicago Tribune: Cook County sued over property tax sales system that ‘widens the racial wealth gap,’ plaintiffs’ lawyer says
Cook County’s handling of delinquent property tax sales are the subject of a federal lawsuit filed Thursday by two low-income homeowners and two community groups that represent Black and Latino Chicagoans.
The civil suit alleges the county treasurer’s practice of turning over properties with delinquent taxes to private buyers unfairly starves the original homeowners of equity, violates their civil rights and the Fair Housing Act and takes away their property without due process.
Daily Herald: Botched police raids lead to change in state's attorney's warrants policy
We’ve all seen news reports of police officers conducting a raid at the wrong location, or acting on bad information, sometimes leading to tragic consequences.
Hoping to avoid those kinds of mistakes, the Cook County state’s attorney’s office is enacting a new policy today governing how police officers in its jurisdiction request and execute search warrants.
WTTW: Lawsuit Takes Aim at Cook County Property Tax Sales System: ‘It Violates Provisions of the Constitution’
When homeowners can’t, or don’t, pay their property taxes for more than a year, Cook County holds what’s called a property tax sale.
A federal lawsuit brought Thursday by two Black homeowners caught up in this system on behalf of themselves, and everyone else caught up on the system, alleges the process violates the constitution and both federal and civil rights laws.