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Reducing recidivism, unemployment benefits audit, Silver Room Block Party ends

Reducing recidivism, unemployment benefits audit, Silver Room Block Party ends

The Rundown | Chicago News · WBEZ Chicago

July 31, 20235m 41s

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Show Notes

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a criminal justice reform bill aimed at reducing recidivism. A new state audit identified massive fraud and excessive overpayments of unemployment benefits totaling $5.2 billion during the pandemic. As the Silver Room Block Party tradition comes to an end, we hear how the first party started some 20 years ago.