The Illinois Comptroller’s Office recently opened “The Warehouse,” a massive collection of financial documents for more than 5,200 local governments throughout Illinois.
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Government Surplus
A BGA Rescuing Illinois investigation explores the glut of closed public facilities and why they are becoming a strain on communities statewide.
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From Zero To $100k In A Year
Dorothy Brown says it’s a “personal” matter, but the state’s economic interest and campaign finance disclosure requirements may not agree with the Cook County Circuit Court Clerk’s lack of transparency after a windfall profit on a land deal.
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WQAD Report: Private Employees Receive Public Pensions
BGA’s Emily Miller weighs in on pension loophole.
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City Hall In For A Major Reform
Question: What proves, beyond any reasonable doubt, that Chicago aldermen need a financial watchdog to help them analyze an administration’s mega-buck spending, borrowing and contracting proposals?
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City Hall In For A Major Reform
Question: What proves, beyond any reasonable doubt, that Chicago aldermen need a financial watchdog to help them analyze an administration’s mega-buck spending, borrowing and contracting proposals?
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
Dorothy’s Deed, Done Dirt Cheap
Campaign donor gives Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown’s husband a building worth $100,000. Why? And why didn’t Brown disclose the freebie as apparently required?
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Springfield Citizens Breakfast
BGA President and CEO Andy Shaw spoke at the Citizens Club of Springfield’s Policy Breakfast on Friday, Nov. 22 at the Hoogland Center for the Arts.
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More Dredging On Pension Adviser
Spending roughly three hours at a public board meeting of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retirement Fund, listening to various financial reports, is about as dry as it gets.
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The Challenge Of Watching And Working With Government
Here’s the inherent dilemma that keeps me up at night as the head of a full-service anti-corruption watchdog organization: How to hold elected officials accountable, and critique their policies, and still get them to support our legislative agenda.