Andy Shaw

Even though the proposed Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is among the most elaborate projects Chicago’s ever entertained, no one from city government accepted our invitation to show up and discuss it.

Bad ideas, unlike fine wine, don’t get better with age. And that’s especially true of HB 3796, a bill that would weaken FOIA, the state’s Freedom of Information Act.

Now the campaign is over, and we don’t need any more sales pitches. We need solutions.

Many of the communities that need internal watchdogs the most lack the resources to staff a fulltime inspector general’s office.

We can’t win the battle for good government without an army of informed and engaged voters.

Cicero is back in the news, and not the famous Roman orator or the avenue in Chicago.

Lunch is a lot more than a midday meal when you run a nonprofit watchdog organization like the Better Government Association.

Considering Illinois’ monumental fiscal and ethical challenges, voters deserve honest answers to tough questions about what the candidates plan to do if they win on Nov. 4.

This is a good time for the BGA to hold the mayor accountable on a few of the “good government” goals that were part of a transition report released just before he took office in the spring of 2011.

So what happens when children don’t follow the rules at school — when they’re unruly, disruptive or underachieving?