Investigation Chicago Public Schools To Pay $4M In Special Ed Teen's Drowning Feb 8, 2019 5:00 AM Documents released after a judge lifts a publication ban against BGA offer new details about failed oversight, warnings that were ignored and "mayhem" at high school pool on the Southwest Side in 2017.
Investigation Cook Judge Bars Publication of Documents About Student Drowning, Raising Free Press Concerns After CPS lawyer provides BGA with internal records about drowning death of teen with autism, a Cook County judge issues order temporarily prohibiting publication. School district lawyers say they released the documents by mistake. Feb 7, 2019 5:00 AM
Investigation Taxpayers Covered Millions in Gym Costs Jesse White Promised to Pay Illinois’ Secretary of State said he would raise most of the funds needed to build a new Chicago home for his Tumblers gymnastics team. He didn’t, but taxpayers did. Jan 11, 2019 11:30 AM
Investigation The King of Recusals: How Ald. Ed Burke’s Private Law Business Intersects With His Public Power Chicago’s longest-sitting alderman has recused himself 464 times in the last eight years, far more than all other aldermen combined. Following recent federal raids, questions of his conflicts of interest have arisen again. Dec 26, 2018 12:18 PM
PolitiFact Fact-Check: Preckwinkle Misrepresents Mendoza’s Death Penalty Stand Preckwinkle’s ad implies one of her rivals, Susana Mendoza, opposed ending the death penalty as a state lawmaker. But in 2011 Mendoza voted to abolish — not continue — the practice. Feb 10, 2019 2:00 PM
PolitiFact Fact-Check: Chico's Soda Tax Swipe at Mendoza Falls Flat As a state lawmaker, Mendoza supported a major capital bill that increased sales taxes on soft drinks and other common convenience store items to help fund the project. But the law didn’t create a designated soda tax as Chico suggests. Feb 3, 2019 2:00 PM
From Our President Greising: Could Daley's Plan to Shrink City Council Reduce Corruption in Chicago? January 25, 2019
From Our President Greising: Ed Burke Extortion Filing Reveals a Playbook for Chicago Business January 11, 2019
Perspective Leven: The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Needs an Inspector General Now February 13, 2019
Perspective Leven: Pritzker Administration Starts Off With Promises of Sunshine in Illinois Government January 20, 2019
What the Gov What the Gov: What Should I Know About the Proposed Public Bank of Chicago? January 29, 2019
Database Illinois Public Salaries Database Review, explore and compare compensation for public employees throughout Illinois. Oct 30, 2018 12:00 AM
Database Pension Database Follow the money paid to retired public-sector employees throughout Illinois. Updated: May 24, 2017 @ 6:00 AM
Explainer Millennials and Market Saturation Raise Doubts About New Casino Push Talk of new Chicago and Downstate casinos is resurfacing among politicians as an answer to government fiscal woes. But casino revenue is off sharply from its heights, and the industry is struggling to attract younger gamblers. Feb 6, 2019 2:00 PM
Explainer Path Not Easy for Pritzker’s Tax-the-Rich Plan There is often a disconnect between tax policies voters say they back and those they vote for. That’s the dilemma facing Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker, who says he wants to amend the state constitution to allow for a graduated tax that will increase the burden on the wealthy. Dec 13, 2018 6:00 AM
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. Oct 30, 2018 6:00 AM
Follow-Up City Council Approves Housing Protections For Seniors Ordinance will force developers and building owners that receive public funds to give notice, create a plan and communicate with residents before rehabs occur. Jan 23, 2019 5:15 PM
Follow-Up Housing Protections For Seniors Clear Council Panel Ordinance would force developers and building owners that receive public funds to give notice, create a plan and communicate with residents before rehabs occur. Jan 16, 2019 3:47 PM
Follow-Up Feds Charge Powerful Ald. Ed Burke With Corruption Burke, the longest-serving alderman in Chicago history, is accused of using his position as alderman to illegally seek business for his private law firm. The questionable intersection between Burke's public and private roles was the focus of a recent BGA/WBEZ investigation. Jan 3, 2019 4:30 PM
