At the 2019 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting, the BGA will honor the best reporting in our state and host a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh, known for his exposé of the massacre in My Lai, Vietnam as well as exposing atrocities at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
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BGA-SJR Whiteboard: Gender Equity, Tech & Transportation
Illinois turns 200 years old this December, and to honor the occasion, the Better Government Association and The State Journal-Register are asking experts on three crucial topics — Transportation, Technology and Gender Equity — to help us whiteboard the future: What needs to be done to make Illinois a leader?
Watchdog Training: Arlington Heights
BGA Watchdog Training teaches you how to keep an eye on government and find out what’s happening in your community. In this training, experts will help you understand government, the Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act.
Dan on Downsizing in DuPage: A BGA Candid Conversation
BGA President and CEO Andy Shaw sits down for an exclusive interview with DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin to discuss his work to modernize government in DuPage and what’s next for “Smart Streamlining” in Illinois.
Watchdog Training: Sulzer Library, Chicago
Chicagoans learned how to use the Freedom of Information Act to watch their governments at a training session in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Chicago at the Conrad Sulzer Regional Library.
Recap | 2016 BGA Springfield Luncheon: Candidates, Chaos And Consequences
Jim Edgar and Chris Kennedy talk Trump, Clinton, Rauner, Madigan and more at BGA Luncheon.