Did Lawyers For Poor Get Cut for No Reason?

    June 25, 2007
    Chicago Public Radio
    By Ben Calhoun

    We continue with our series on layoffs and cutbacks in Cook County government.
    Cook County departments provide many essential services to some of those most in need—health care for the uninsured, legal protection for abused children, dental care for the poor. Many of those services have been hurt by recent budget cuts. Now it appears the staff of one county department, the Public Defender's office, was cut unnecessarily.

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