Thousands of drug possession arrests in Chicago are tossed out every year because of an unwritten rule in the courts, an investigation has found.
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New update to compensation database for Illinois Employees
Every year, the Better Government Association compiles Illinois’ most comprehensive database of public employees’ salaries.
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BGA digs into mayor’s proposal to hike rates as Joliet water crisis looms
Some Joliet residents believe private businesses should help fill the gap.
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Joliet Residents Protest Plan To Hike Water Rates
Mayor Bob O’Dekirk’s proposal to build a billion-dollar pipeline to access Lake Michigan water from Chicago rankles some Joliet activists who say the costs should fall harder on major companies that use the most water.
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BGA investigation looks into Illinois Medicaid health program
What is Medicaid? There are 3M Medicaid recipients in Illinois, including low-income families, foster children, pregnant women
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Illinois redistricting map: IL Democrats embrace gerrymandering in fight for US House
Former President Barack Obama, other Dems have railed against ‘rigging’ elections
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation, PolitiFact
Fact-Check: No, Migrant ‘Caravan’ From Tapachula, Mexico Is Not the Population of Minneapolis
U.S. Rep. Mary Miller from downstate Illinois compared the group of migrants heading north from the southern Mexico city of Tapachula to the population of Minneapolis, which has 430,000 residents. At most, it is 1% of that.
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New Podcast, ‘The Madigan Rule,’ Takes Listeners on a Journey About Former IL House Speaker
The Better Government Association has launched a new podcast centered around one of Illinois’ most powerful politicians.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation, PolitiFact
Fact-Check: No Proof for Lawmaker’s Claim That 75% of Illinois Republicans Are Vaccinated Against COVID
State Sen. Terri Bryant said three-quarters of Republicans in Illinois have been vaccinated against COVID-19. That figure is out of line with national surveys and suggests that Republicans are outpacing the state’s overall vaccination rate despite higher vaccination rates in blue counties than red ones.
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Fact-Check: Casten Overblows Heat Wave Claim to Support More Action on Climate Change
The congressman mislabeled Chicago’s 1995 heat wave as the nation’s deadliest “single-day, non-war” pre-9/11 disaster and said the city is “now expecting” temperatures that high every summer. That ignores some critical facts.