Neighborhood Recovery Initiative:
Quinn's troubled 2010 anti-violence program mixed money and politics
Stories:

State audit: Anti-violence program slammed (2/26/2014)
Quinn's troubled program: Anti-violence worker accused of murder (3/7/2014)
Governor’s Neighborhood Recovery Initiative: Brown’s husband got 7 percent of cash; circuit court clerk’s spouse paid as program coordinator (3/10/2014)
Quinn didn't know pol's husband got windfall, aide says (3/11/2014)
Neighborhood Recovery Initiative: Another pol's spouse got money from Quinn violence program (4/17/2014)
Neighborhood Recovery Initiative: Probe of anti-violence program a major headache for Quinn (4/30/2014)
Probe of anti-violence program: Rauner accuses Quinn of 'corruption' (5/1/2014)
Bad check past: Despite a felony conviction, circuit court clerk's husband oversaw millions tied to Quinn's troubled anti-violence program (5/4/2014)
Brown defends Cook's role in Quinn program (5/4/2014)
Quinn’s troubled program: Brown helped manage group that got state anti-violence grant (5/6/2014)
Troubled anti-violence program: Gov rips Brown, husband over ‘clear conflict’ (5/7/2014)
Anti-violence effort: An architect of Quinn's troubled program now running Rahm's (5/8/2014)
Brown vote sent money to husband's employer; didn't abstain from $5 million decision (5/9/2014)
Administration blocked $350,000 grant bid (5/25/2014)
More problems, more money: Chicago Area Project's troubles, including allegations of mismanagement, were well-documented, but it didn't keep Gov. Quinn's administration from giving it more cash (5/25/2014)
Panel lashes governor's anti-violence program (5/29/2014)
Neighborhood Recovery Initiative: Rauner calls on Quinn to support subpoena (6/21/2014)
Money for nothing: State skips free U. of C. crime lab study but pays $498,351 for subpar UIC report on Neighborhood Recovery Initiative (6/22/2014)
Nonprofit at day care center got anti-violence money to help ex-inmates; critic claims 'fraud' (6/25/2014)
Feds ramp up pressure on state panel to delay calling witnesses (7/16/2014)
Lawmakers put off NRI witness testimony to Oct. 8 (7/18/2014)
NRI decision mixed money & politics: Gov. Quinn's camp has said anti-violence program had nothing to do with politics, but emails turned up by the Sun-Times tell a different story (7/23/2014)
Feds subpoena emails of Quinn's ex-chief of staff (8/24/2014)
Another blunder for anti-violence program: Teen paid to spread message for Gov. Quinn's Neighborhood Recovery Initiative charged in connection with several break-ins (8/24/2014)
Expert: Quinn's handling of subpoena request 'stinks' (9/17/2014)
Quinn's troubled program: Anti-violence worker accused of murder (3/7/2014)
Governor’s Neighborhood Recovery Initiative: Brown’s husband got 7 percent of cash; circuit court clerk’s spouse paid as program coordinator (3/10/2014)
Quinn didn't know pol's husband got windfall, aide says (3/11/2014)
Neighborhood Recovery Initiative: Another pol's spouse got money from Quinn violence program (4/17/2014)
Neighborhood Recovery Initiative: Probe of anti-violence program a major headache for Quinn (4/30/2014)
Probe of anti-violence program: Rauner accuses Quinn of 'corruption' (5/1/2014)
Bad check past: Despite a felony conviction, circuit court clerk's husband oversaw millions tied to Quinn's troubled anti-violence program (5/4/2014)
Brown defends Cook's role in Quinn program (5/4/2014)
Quinn’s troubled program: Brown helped manage group that got state anti-violence grant (5/6/2014)
Troubled anti-violence program: Gov rips Brown, husband over ‘clear conflict’ (5/7/2014)
Anti-violence effort: An architect of Quinn's troubled program now running Rahm's (5/8/2014)
Brown vote sent money to husband's employer; didn't abstain from $5 million decision (5/9/2014)
Administration blocked $350,000 grant bid (5/25/2014)
More problems, more money: Chicago Area Project's troubles, including allegations of mismanagement, were well-documented, but it didn't keep Gov. Quinn's administration from giving it more cash (5/25/2014)
Panel lashes governor's anti-violence program (5/29/2014)
Neighborhood Recovery Initiative: Rauner calls on Quinn to support subpoena (6/21/2014)
Money for nothing: State skips free U. of C. crime lab study but pays $498,351 for subpar UIC report on Neighborhood Recovery Initiative (6/22/2014)
Nonprofit at day care center got anti-violence money to help ex-inmates; critic claims 'fraud' (6/25/2014)
Feds ramp up pressure on state panel to delay calling witnesses (7/16/2014)
Lawmakers put off NRI witness testimony to Oct. 8 (7/18/2014)
NRI decision mixed money & politics: Gov. Quinn's camp has said anti-violence program had nothing to do with politics, but emails turned up by the Sun-Times tell a different story (7/23/2014)
Feds subpoena emails of Quinn's ex-chief of staff (8/24/2014)
Another blunder for anti-violence program: Teen paid to spread message for Gov. Quinn's Neighborhood Recovery Initiative charged in connection with several break-ins (8/24/2014)
Expert: Quinn's handling of subpoena request 'stinks' (9/17/2014)
Video:
Maywood: Did clout trump credentials in NRI award?My video report to the right details spelling out a dispute over where NRI funding should go in Maywood were found within more than 2,000 emails I examined.
On one side of the fight was the former state representative, Karen Yarbrough, who wanted NRI funding to be administered by her village, which was led by husband, Henderson. On the other was a social service provider, deemed by the state to be more qualified but believed to be backing a rival of Yarbrough's husband for village president in the near-west suburb. The exchanges represent one of the most clear-cut acknowledgments from within Quinn's onetime inner circle that political considerations did, in fact, factor into some of the decision-making involving NRI. |
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