Chicago crime: new look at organized gangs show financial, political reach
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The real-life reputed leader of the Conservative Vice Lords in Chicago, convicted cop killer Willie Lloyd, explains the inner finances of gangs and organized crime. Several gang members of different gangs were tracked down and interviewed to find out how such mobsters made their money, what they spent it on and how they hid their tracks.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 2003
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Campaign finance: Pay-to-play reform bill aimed at government vendors
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The seven daily Gannett New Jersey newspapers decided to report on various impact pay-to-pay reform bill would have on local, county and state contractors. The report shows that much of the political giving could still flow around the barriers erected by the legislation.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 2004
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Higher education: analyzing the financial pressures on small colleges
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The financial pressures that small private colleges face can put them out of business. Many competing schools were struggling financially and so they drastically discounted their tuition to improve their sagging enrollment.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 2001
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