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17 Months After Teen With Autism Drowned at CPS Pool, Board of Ed to Strengthen Water Safety
Following BGA/Sun-Times investigation into special ed care at pools, Chicago’s school board is set to take up policy changes that would limit pool activities and focus lifeguard staffing.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation, PolitiFact
Fact-Check: Did Rauner Really Pour $1 Billion ‘Down the Drain’?
Illinois has racked up a mountain of interest penalties for paying bills late after a record budget impasse. The Democrat hoping to unseat Gov. Bruce Rauner says it’s all the Republican’s fault, but the facts tell a more complicated story.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation, PolitiFact
Fact-Check: Is CPS the Most Understaffed District in Illinois?
The nation’s third-largest school district comes up short on staffing compared to the rest of the state, a fact that undercuts prevailing assumptions about bureaucratic bloat and raises questions about how district funds are being spent.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
Leven: 2020 is the End of the Line to Get Redistricting and the Census Right
Illinois has less than two years to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot and get ready for the 2020 Census.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
Senior Frustrations About Broken Elevators Erupt As CHA Leaders Meet
Elderly CHA residents demanding action on elevators disrupt a CHA board meeting. The protest follows a BGA/WBEZ investigation into chronic problems that have led to hundreds of vulnerable and often frail seniors trapped in elevators or in their apartments.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation, PolitiFact
Fact-Check: Rauner’s Legionnaires’ Claim Misses the Mark—and the Point
Gov. Bruce Rauner continues to take heat for his response to repeated outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease at a state-run veterans’ home. Recently, he made an unsupported claim about what initiated the crisis that does nothing to refute those critiques.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation, PolitiFact
Oh, the Humanity! One-man Ouchy Rahm Emanuel, a Preschool Teacher?
Chicago’s tough-talking mayor is known for charging headfirst into politics in his 20s, but teaching preschoolers? We weren’t familiar with that one.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
Doubek: We Need Independent Probes in Order to Trust Our Governments
Again and again, we see instances of a lack of understanding or commitment to transparency and independence.
Posted inAnalysis, Policy
A BGA Policy Progress Report: Curbing Severance, Protecting FOIA, Consolidating Government
Here’s how we worked to make government more transparent and accountable to you.