Dane Placko

Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown told party leaders this summer that she wasn’t under investigation, when she was. Now, they’re revisiting her slating.

As Circuit Court clerk denies she’s in trouble, investigators appear to be bearing down.

High-ranking aide to State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez quits over Facebook remarks, some critiquing the physical appearance of Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Mayor Ron Serpico’s administration taps local bank to handle municipal finances, bank taps Serpico to work as lawyer. Are taxpayer interests being well served?

Just before Stephanie Neely resigned as Chicago’s city treasurer she took advantage of a perk – afforded to elected officials but not regular city workers – that translates into a taxpayer-funded pension someday.

Controversial Chicago State University president lives at sprawling Beverly home, tosses elegant bash for neighbors, alumni.

Summit’s politically connected village administrator allegedly gives himself a “loan” with taxpayer money. Confronted by the BGA and FOX 32, he resigns.

Raising new ethical questions, the BGA and FOX 32 find Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown solicited underlings for a private side business. And we discover another curiosity involving her family and Gov. Quinn’s scandal-plagued grant program.

A former mayor and two former police chiefs in Stone Park are drawing pensions from the village’s obscure little fund. What else do they have in common? All three are felons.

Chicago company once co-owned by Illinois Lottery director sees taxpayer-funded deal scrapped over ethics concerns – then quietly resurrected.