Rampant Corruption In Illinois

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According to a newly published report from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Department of Political Science, the most corrupt big city in the US is the Chicago metropolitan area. Shocker, right? The findings are based on the Department of Justice (DOJ) criminal data on corruption arrests from 1976 through 2017.

Political corruption is the use of powers by government officials or their network contacts for illegitimate private gain. An illegal act by an officeholder constitutes political corruption only if the act is directly related to their official duties, is done under color of law or involves trading in influence.. Forms of corruption vary, but include bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism ...

Corruption and Incompetence in Champaign County. My name is Christopher Hansen. I am a UIUC College of Engineering graduate and 16 year resident of Urbana, IL.

Ulysses S. Grant and his administration, including his cabinet, suffered many scandals, leading to continuous reshuffling of officials.Grant, ever trusting of associates, was himself influenced by both forces. The standards in many of his appointments were low, and charges of corruption were widespread. Starting with the Black Friday (1869) gold speculation ring, corruption would be discovered ...

A new report from The University of Illinois at Chicago has shed light on the most corrupt Judicial Districts in America and surprise, surprise, Washington D.C. isn't in first place. That dubious ...

“Chicago is still America’s most corrupt city,” said former Alderman Dick Simpson, a political scientist at the University of Illinois-Chicago.. Simpson co-wrote a study last year that ...

S ometime during the second half of the year 1049, Peter Damian, prior of the hermitage of Fonte Avellana in what is now the Italian region of Marche near the Umbrian border, wrote a lengthy letter to newly installed Pope Leo IX. The letter concerned “the befouling cancer of sodomy,” which Peter ­Damian declared was “in fact, spreading so through the clergy or rather, like a savage ...

Following multiple RebelPundit reports on guardianship abuse, our latest investigation reveals this problem is widespread across the country and there is top to bottom corruption in court appointed guardianship in Harris County, Texas.. After speaking to victims, lawyers, and activists, the investigation reveals that the probate court in Harris County works much like a good ole boys club where ...

We may not have our social safety net if it weren’t for her tireless work. Social Security is, rightly, thought of as one of the major accomplishments of FDR’s presidency. But he wasn’t alone in the fight, and the whole project may have failed if not for the passion of Frances Perkins, his ...