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senator dan cronin
Apr 17, 2013 09:33 AM
Why are private companies with ties to legislative leaders getting so much government work these days in DuPage County? Perhaps Dan Cronin holds the key.
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thanks note
Nov 24, 2012 07:53 AM
In the spirit of the season, we’re recognizing political figures who advanced the cause of better government following BGA investigations, regardless of their motivation.
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ILSpring
Oct 28, 2012 12:19 PM
There are plenty of big stories in the media, enough to satiate even the hungriest news junkie. But it also means a lot of important political and governmental stories fall below the radar screen.
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Spotty Attendance Continues To Dog DuPage Board
Oct 15, 2012 10:39 AM
Analysis shows some County Board members still miss far too many public meetings -- especially for a part-time job that pays $50,000 a year and carries a taxpayer-subsidized pension. Have some of these officials "checked out?"
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Robert Schillerstrom
Oct 09, 2012 04:39 AM
While DuPage County Board chairman, Robert Schillerstrom appointed members of tax-appeals panel. Now a lawyer in private practice, he’s asking those same people to cut his clients’ property taxes. And they’re listening.
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Elected officials raise specter of government streamlining in DuPage County
Aug 14, 2012 10:48 AM
Top-level meeting touches on returning forest preserve commission to the county board’s domain – but who floated the issue and why remains murky.
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former Park District Executive Director Brent Manning
Aug 02, 2012 04:38 PM
As FBI joins contract-steering investigation of DuPage County Forest Preserve District, the outgoing boss who supervised the employees at the center of the scandal is given $50,000 bonus.
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BGA Public Eye
Jul 06, 2012 10:27 AM
The Illinois State Police runs a law enforcement database with sensitive information about drivers and criminal suspects. After BGA inquiries, the agency now plans to “look into” whether the teenage son of DuPage County’s sheriff was misusing the system.
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