neighborhood recovery initiative

We've talked a whole lot on the show about the Governor's troubled anti-violence program, called the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative. Ostensibly the effort was designed to help combat the violence problem in Chicago and Cook County, but it more and more appears that it was $55 million in slush fund dollars to help the Governor win re-election...

Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network Gov. Pat Quinn is blaming grant recipients for being reckless with state money under the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative. He says the grant recipients should be careful, and expect scrutiny. “Any group that receives public money has to be accountable...