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New Reporting Requirements Will Ferret Out Conflicts of Interest
Having information about potential conflicts of interest held by public officials is vital to ensuring our government is accountable to taxpayers—not to private or personal interests.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
Too Many Boards for us to Support
Illinois is home to more than 300 separate taxpayer supported boards and commissions, many of them costly and of dubious value. It’s a poster child for government excess — watchers watching watchers — that should have been streamlined years ago.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
Too Many Boards for us to Support
Illinois is home to more than 300 separate taxpayer supported boards and commissions, many of them costly and of dubious value. It’s a poster child for government excess — watchers watching watchers — that should have been streamlined years ago.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
Conflict of Interest in Mayor’s Office
Mayor Emanuel is undermining his own reform claims by defending the awarding of a $99.4 million cleaning contract at O’Hare Airport to a local executive with a history of alleged mob ties. Turns out the mob angle is only one troubling aspect of the deal.
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Conflict of Interest in Mayor’s Office
Mayor Emanuel is undermining his own reform claims by defending the awarding of a $99.4 million cleaning contract at O’Hare Airport to a local executive with a history of alleged mob ties. Turns out the mob angle is only one troubling aspect of the deal.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
Despite Quinn Vow To Cut, State Panels Stick Around
Why do we need 300-plus boards and commissions?
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation, Newsroom
Maywood Democracy Isn’t Easy – or Pretty
With election season underway, rivals to the village’s establishment find curious – and perhaps improper – roadblocks as they try to get on the ballot.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
Springfield Dances on the Titanic
Illinois government is steaming toward a fiscal iceberg, and the ship of state easily could sink if our political captains don’t turn the wheel immediately.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
Springfield Dances on the Titanic
Illinois government is steaming toward a fiscal iceberg, and the ship of state easily could sink if our political captains don’t turn the wheel immediately.