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“A report by the Better Government Association (BGA) reveals an overwhelming rate of failure among public agencies asked to produce public records.”

In 2001 the BGA and the Chicago Tribune investigated the effects of changes made to the Illinois Procurement Code. The study found that numerous loopholes were created, in what was billed as a measure to help eliminate conflicts of interest.

Are Illinois riverboat gamblers tourists? Are any gamblers tourists? What are tourists? Back in 1994, the BGA began to investigate this question. We went door to door in all ten riverboat towns looking for signs of economic development. We didn’t find it.

A federal extortion case wasn’t enough to unseat Chicago’s longest-serving alderman, Ed Burke. He was re-elected Tuesday to his 13th term, just weeks after FBI agents raided his offices.

For more than 50 years, the airport has been plagued by corruption and costly delays. The politically connected cash in. Meanwhile, passengers trudge through a transit hub that persistently underperforms.

Since the beginning, O’Hare International Airport has been plagued by political connections, corruption schemes, even mob ties.

As O’Hare International Airport grew to one of the busiest transportation hubs in the world, it has left in its wake a track record of costly delays, billions in spending, and decades of broken promises.