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Sticker Shock Part II: Paying Big for Community College Retirees
Thousands of ex-employees are reaping bounteous pensions that often greatly exceed what they have actually paid into the system. What’s more, the cost to taxpayers will spiral out of control unless major public pension reforms are made in Illinois.
Posted inFollow-Up, Legal, Results & Reforms
CPS to Rescind All Credit Cards
As a result of BGA investigations into credit card abuse by city agencies, Chicago Public Schools Chief Administrator Tim Cawley ordered Thursday that all CPS credit cards be torn up and tossed away.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
Metra ‘Observers’ Monitoring Ticket Collection on Crowded Trains
Facing a massive budget shortfall and the prospect of raising fares, Metra is getting tough with its employees to make sure all riders pay their fare share, the BGA has learned.
Posted inFollow-Up, Legal, Results & Reforms
CPS INSPECTOR GENERAL LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION
SEPT. 1, 2011 — The BGA and FOX Chicago News uncover lavish credit card spending by the principal of Ogden International School on the Gold Coast, prompting the Chicago Public Schools’ inspector general to launch an investigation.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
CPS Principal Spends Thousands of Taxpayer Dollars on Travel
Kenneth M. Staral, principal of The Ogden International School of Chicago, has racked up almost $17,000 in credit card charges for recent international travel, and luxury dining across the US.
Posted inAnalysis, Policy
Vexatious Outcome: New Illinois Law Hurts Freedom of Information Act
Vexatious Outcome: New Illinois Law Hurts Freedom of Information Act
Posted inPress Release
BGA Highlights: June, July and August 2011
Landmark investigations, new good-government tools, good-government conversations and most importantly: results.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
FBI Asked To Look At Scholarship Granted By Rep. Dan Burke
As a result of a BGA/Sun-Times investigation, the State Board of Education sends records to the FBI and the General Assembly’s ethics watchdog about a questionable legislative scholarship awarded by state Rep. Dan Burke.
Posted inFollow-Up, Legal, Results & Reforms
BOARD OF EDUCATION FORWARDS FINDINGS TO FBI
AUG. 27, 2011 — The BGA and the Chicago Sun-Times discover that state Rep. Dan Burke (D-Chicago) awarded a college scholarship to a young woman who apparently lived outside of his district, in violation of the rules. The State Board of Education forwards this finding to the FBI, which already is investigating alleged corruption in the decades-old free-tuition program.