Senate Bill 3 is now law (Public Act 100-0107); a law that attempts to empower citizens to consolidate some of their governments. SB3, introduced by state Sen. Tom Cullerton and state Rep. Sam Yingling, originally was part of the Senate’s “grand bargain” package. The bill was supported by both Republicans and Democrats across the state.
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Fact-Check: Has Rahm Rid Chicago Of Bad Financial Practices?
Mayor Emanuel says he’s cut into “every one of the financial bad management practices that I inherited.” Has he really set city finances on a distant path to soundness?
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
Shaw: Navy Pier Shell Game Cries Out For TIF Reform
The Navy Pier TIF shell game reported by BGA/Crain’s is just the latest transgression in a city TIF program that’s been steeped in secrecy and mired in controversy since its inception three decades ago. It’s time for Chicago to get its TIF act together.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
How CHA Rehabs Of Senior Apartments Blow Through Budgets, Cause Real Pain
Expensive cost overruns are the rule, rather than the exception, when the Chicago Housing Authority orders up renovations at senior housing complexes it runs. Inconvenience, frustration and sometimes danger for elderly residents accompany the rehab work.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
Doubek: End The School Funding Divide-And-Conquer
For at least 25 years, we’ve been playing divide-and-conquer games over Illinois school funding, with our children as the dispensable collateral damage.
Posted inPress Release
BGA Wins Prestigious First Amendment Award From The Society Of Professional Journalists
Presented by the Society of Professional Journalists’ educational foundation, the award recognizes those who have fought to protect and preserve one or more of the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment.
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Fact-Check: Are Chicago’s Soda Prices Among Highest In The Country?
Calling Chicago’s soda price expensive is a little like proclaiming the sun rises in the east, but we thought it was worth a look anyway.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation, PolitiFact
BGA, PolitiFact Form Exclusive Partnership To Hold Illinois Government Accountable
For a fact-challenged era in a fact-challenged state, The Better Government Association has signed on as Illinois’ fact-checking referee.
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Fact-Check: Does The Proposed Illinois School Funding Bill Bail Out Chicago’s Teacher Pensions?
An official fact-check from the BGA, the exclusive operator of PolitiFact Illinois, here to help you find the truth in politics via the Pulitzer Prize-winning web approach built by the Tampa Bay Times.
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Journey Of A Judge’s Gun From Chicago Buyback To Cicero Police Shooting
A Cook County judge turned a gun in to Chicago police as part of a buyback program 13 years ago. The gun mysteriously turned up eight years later next to the body of a young man shot to death by a Cicero police officer. Cicero officials are now poised to write a $3.5 million settlement check to members of the dead man’s family.