BGA MDM home

MOST CLICKED

 

News and Investigations

Category:
 
Results: 75 item(s) Found.
 
Cab-alier Spending?
Jul 12, 2012 12:19 PM
Employees at small federal agency in Chicago rack up huge taxi bills, supposedly for official business. But the BGA and FOX found some rides were for just a few blocks, while one government worker expensed nearly $550 in cab fares during a trip to Miami. Prompted by our inquiries, the agency is conducting a “review.”
 
Elzie Higginbottom
Jul 02, 2012 09:27 AM
Firm owned by Cook County's former public housing chief, Elzie Higginbottom, wins a $3.2 million contract from a nonprofit created by the agency he once led. But that's not the only conflict-of-interest question being raised by a BGA/NBC5 investigation.
 
DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba
Jun 29, 2012 09:32 AM
DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba not only let his high school-aged son go on ride-alongs with deputies and participate in arrests, the teen was given access to a confidential police database containing information on all licensed drivers in Illinois. The BGA is suing to find out whose data was accessed.​
 
When in doubt, remap them out
Jun 27, 2012 09:59 AM
A year after running unsuccessfully for alderman, dozens of politically active Chicagoans find themselves remapped into different wards, a sign that political powerbrokers are looking after themselves instead of residents.
 
Thefts at city facilities leave taxpayers on the hook
Jun 22, 2012 10:45 AM
While municipal facilities are plundered in Chicago – with crooks making off with everything from truck wheels to tools and rolls of costly copper wire – bureaucrats struggle to answer: Why is security so bad?
 
Results: 75 item(s) Found.
 
If you appreciate the work of the BGA, please consider making a donation.

 

 
© 2013 Better Government Association. All Rights Reserved                     Site Map|Privacy Policy|Terms & Conditions|Contact Us Web site design and development by Americaneagle.com