Investigation How Dolton, Illinois Reflects America's Changing Suburbs in 2018 Nov 12, 2018 12:00 AM BGA and WBEZ spent months in Dolton reporting on a growing national trend: for the first time, there is more poverty in suburbs than in cities.
Investigation Interactive Map: Pollution Hits Chicago's West, South Sides Hardest New research shows toxic threats are greatest in minority neighborhoods near industrial areas. Interactive map also shows pollution dangers near your home. October 25, 2018
Investigation Un mapa interactivo confirma que oeste y sur de Chicago son los más afectados por la contaminación Una nueva investigación muestra que las amenazas tóxicas son mayores en los pequeños vecindarios cercanos a las áreas industriales. El estudio, según los activistas, puede contribuir en la lucha por la reubicación de la industria sucia en sus comunidades. October 25, 2018
Investigation Searchable Map: Is Your Blue Cart Recycling Tossed in a Landfill? Browse and search more than 500,000 recorded residential recycling contaminations. October 10, 2018
PolitiFact The 2019 Chicago Mayor’s Race Is Heating Up: Here’s What We’re Watching Still months away, the race for the city’s top office is already gaining steam. Here’s a recap of the issues would-be candidates are highlighting and the claims we’ve fact-checked so far. November 11, 2018
PolitiFact Fact-checking the Fact-challenged Candidates for Illinois Governor The race between the ultra-wealthy candidates has been marked by finger-pointing, scandal and transparency issues. We’ve fact-checked dubious claims by both. November 4, 2018
Action With One Change Needed to Protect Transparency, the BGA Supports the Consent Decree October 25, 2018
Explainer A Corruption-fighting Attorney General? Easy to Say, Harder to Do The top lawyers in Illinois and most other states rarely investigate corruption. That’s by design, not political cowardice. October 30, 2018
Explainer The Chicken Little Effect on Illinois’ Pension Crisis Years of unfulfilled warnings of imminent fiscal collapse due to pension debt have numbed Illinois voters to a still real threat and given politicians an election year escape hatch to avoid talk about the state’s most difficult problem. September 28, 2018
Explainer Elon Musk’s ‘Electric Skates’ to O’Hare Mired in Secrecy, Skepticism The Better Government Association has filed a lawsuit against the city for disclosure of public records behind its $1 billion deal with Musk’s company. August 15, 2018
Follow-Up Mayoral Hopefuls Respond to BGA Recycling Investigation With Mayor Rahm Emanuel not running for a third term, read what some of those seeking to replace him think should happen to the city’s much-maligned residential recycling program. November 1, 2018
Follow-Up Aldermen, Advocates Push For Senior Housing Protections Frustrated that few protections exist for seniors who live in Chicago public housing, aldermen back measure that aims to force the Chicago Housing Authority to give notice when it rehabs its buildings. October 31, 2018
Follow-Up State Panel Rejects Rauner Plan to Ease Coal Plant Pollution Rules The Illinois Pollution Control Board proposed an alternative to governor’s call for easing emission rules on Downstate coal power plants. The new plan loosens controls, but not as much as Rauner sought. October 4, 2018
