Follow-Up Watchdog Slams Chicago's Air Pollution Oversight Sep 16, 2019 6:10 PM Audit by the inspector general follows a BGA investigation that found under Mayor Rahm Emanuel the city's environmental enforcement declined amid cuts to inspection staff. Emanuel Soft on Chicago Polluters Despite Tough Talk – Feb 22, 2019 As Emanuel Exits, Efforts Growing at City Hall to Revive Environment Department – Mar 22, 2019 Interactive Map: Pollution Hits Chicago's West, South Sides Hardest – Oct 25, 2018
Investigation Millions in Tax Breaks for Ed Burke’s Law Clients Fronted by Fellow Aldermen Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson and former Ald. Michael R. Zalewski sponsored six resolutions that benefited clients of Burke's law firm. The moves allowed the now-indicted alderman to skirt city conflict-of-interest rules. Sep 13, 2019 5:30 AM
Investigation Spiral of Decline Heavy Burden for Homeowners In Cook County suburbs, home values are collapsing while property taxes are up. Jul 26, 2019 7:00 AM
Investigation O’Hare’s Billions in Broken Promises For more than 50 years, the airport has been plagued by corruption and costly delays. The politically connected cash in. Meanwhile, passengers trudge through a transit hub that persistently underperforms. Jul 24, 2019 6:00 AM
PolitiFact Fact-Check: Evidence Shows Most of the Men in Famous 'Declaration of Independence' Painting Were Slaveholders In a viral tweet, a Chicago documentary filmmaker used red dots to indicate 34 of the 47 founding fathers depicted in the painting held slaves. That checks out. Sep 10, 2019 11:00 AM
PolitiFact Fact-Check: Lightfoot Stretches the Numbers on Downstate Public Safety Pension Funds Chicago’s mayor said she hopes to raise a “call to arms” on the condition of local pensions across Illinois. To underscore her point about the need for action, she cited a heavily inflated figure. Sep 8, 2019 2:00 PM
From Our President Greising: There's No Getting Around It - We Need a Pension Amendment September 10, 2019
Featured Analysis How's Mayor Lori Lightfoot Doing? We're Keeping Track. If you’re keeping score (we are), here’s how Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s actions measure up against the BGA agenda published after her election. Updated: Sep 5, 2019 @ 5:00 AM
What the Gov What The Gov: What Does It Mean To Have Six Democratic Socialists on the Chicago City Council? July 2, 2019
Press Release Event Recap | 2019 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards For Investigative Reporting May 23, 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 Latest Pension Play Is No Guaranteed Fix If Illinois’ Constitution prevents lawmakers from curbing rising pension costs, then change the Constitution, advocates say. But experts warn a voter-approved rewrite may lead to a lengthy legal challenge and end, once again, without a permanent solution. Jun 26, 2019 6:30 AM
Explainer Poor Left, Rich Thrived When Illinois Hiked Flat Tax As Illinois debates whether to raise taxes on the rich, IRS data show better off tax filers stayed put when flat tax rates jumped a few years ago despite fears so called job creators would leave the state to avoid paying the increase. Apr 8, 2019 5:00 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
Follow-Up Reaction: Read and Listen to Discussions Spurred by BGA's O'Hare Investigation Follow the impact our "O'Hare's Billions In Broken Promises" investigation has had. Aug 5, 2019 4:55 PM
Follow-Up Lyons Delays Unusual Tax Break For Mayoral Donor Following BGA story, suburb tentatively hits brakes on tax increment financing district that would have benefited campaign contributor to Mayor Chris Getty. Jul 1, 2019 1:00 PM
Follow-Up Chicago Ethics Board Fines Ald. Ed Burke for ‘Improper Influence’ Prompted by a Better Government Association/WBEZ investigation, the city’s ethics watchdog hits Burke for $2k fine. May 3, 2019 6:00 AM
