Software built on Illinois public records

AlderWorks turns free Illinois government data (city violations, permits and inspections, county property and procurement records, legislative votes) into tools people can act on. Every fact links back to the public record it came from.

Products

Rootstone

Coming soon

For contractors: roofers, masons, porch builders, fire-safety and pest-control companies

Leads for Chicago contractors from city violations, permits, inspections and hearings.

  • One inbox of Chicago buildings the city cited for work your trade does, with the owner's mailing address
  • City hearing dates and fines first, mark leads mailed, print mailing labels, see them on a map
  • A Monday email of new leads in your areas

Trades: masonry and exterior, porches and stairs, fire and life safety, roofing and pest control.

Illinois Property Report

Beta

For home buyers, agents, inspectors and landlords

Every public record about one Cook County address, on one page.

  • Any Cook County address: the building, assessed values and sales
  • Chicago's full violation history, permits, hearings and fines, 311 complaints
  • Flood zone, schools, ward and legislators, tax districts

Bid Intelligence

Beta

For contractors who bid on public work

Public contracts ending soon, bids coming up, and what past bids sold for.

  • Chicago and Cook County contracts ending soon, and who holds them now
  • Cook County's planned solicitations and intents to award
  • Every bidder's price on past county bids, and any company's contract history

Politria

Available

For Illinois residents following their legislators

Your Illinois lawmakers, bills and statehouse news, on the record.

  • Your state and federal lawmakers, and how they voted
  • Bills tracked through the General Assembly
  • Nonpartisan Illinois government news, no rankings or scores

How we work with public data

  • Only official open-data portals and public pages whose terms allow automated access.
  • We keep facts and a link to each original record, never copies of government documents; some tools read the official portals live instead of storing anything.
  • Every page and email names its sources and the date of the data.
  • People's names are shown only where a tool needs them, never to anonymous visitors, and anyone can ask to be left out.
  • Leads point contractors to direct mail, never to automated calls or texts.

Where each product's data comes from