U.S. prosecutor lifts hold on hearings into Quinn's anti-violence program

In what could be a major development in the bitter race for governor, a federal prosecutor has cleared the way for state lawmakers to resume hearings on Gov. Pat Quinn's controversial Neighborhood Recovery Initiative, and Republicans are immediately pressing to do so. In a phone interview, Sharon Paul, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of Illinois...

Read the entire story by Greg Hinz in Crain's Chicago Business.