New Department of Assets, Information and Services reduced spending growth by $1.8 million per year post-merger, exceeding $1 million savings target.
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Fact-Check: Yes, Large Majorities Support Elected Chicago School Board
Allowing Chicago voters to choose the members of the city’s board of education has received overwhelming support in polls, referendums and legislative votes for years.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
Powerful State Senator Got Caribbean Trips, Campaign Donations And Cash Through Loretto Hospital
State Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford accepted campaign contributions from a Loretto Hospital contractor and Caribbean travel as part of her board duties.
Posted inPress Release
BGA Welcomes Newest Interns For Investigative Reporting
The Better Government Association welcomes two interns to work with the BGA’s award-winning investigative team for the next six months.
Posted inPress Release
BGA Wins Five Lisagor Awards
The Circuit, an ongoing collaborative series focused on the Cook County court system, won several top honors, including for best investigative-public service reporting.
Posted inEvents
Better Government Association Announces 2021 Driehaus Investigative Journalism Award Finalists
The Better Government Association (BGA) has named five investigative projects as finalists for the 2021 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting.
Posted inAction, Analysis, Policy
BGA Opposes Circuit Court Clerk’s Watered-Down Transparency Bill
New Department of Assets, Information and Services reduced spending growth by $1.8 million per year post-merger, exceeding $1 million savings target.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
Loretto Hospital Got Vaccines to Help Black West Siders — but More Than Half of Early On-site Shots Went to White and Asian People
The hospital also admitted to vaccinating ineligible people at Trump Tower and a luxury jewelry shop, according to an audit obtained by the BGA and Block Club Chicago.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
City Spends Millions Defending Secrecy Practices
A BGA investigation shows Chicago leaders paid millions in legal fees to withhold public records, thwarting a decade-old state reform measure to give citizens more power to shake loose government documents.
Posted inPress Release
BGA Nominated for 13 Lisagor Awards
The nominations from the Chicago Headline Club recognize the Better Government Association and media partners for work that ranged from examining the criminal justice system to public schools’ COVID-19 spending.