Colorado’s halfway houses will get an independent financial audit for the first time in 20 years, after a ProPublica investigation found a lack of oversight contributes to a system where more people end up incarcerated than rehabilitated. A new state law directs Colorado’s Division of ...
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As members of the New York City Council convened last month to discuss the Law Department’s budget, they asked the city’s top lawyer to account for the rising cost of police misconduct. The topic had been driving headlines for weeks. In February, an analysis of payout data had shown th...
Eying a rare collection of Asian artifacts, the Art Institute of Chicago turned on the charm to woo a local benefactor. It arranged a major exhibit to showcase the South and Southeast Asian art that Marilynn Alsdorf had accumulated over decades and published an elegant catalog to commemora...