Last month Bill Beavers was found guilty of using his campaign funds as a personal piggy bank – of plunking down vast amounts of cash at slot machines and not reporting it as income. Until that conviction in federal court, the former South Side alderman and Cook County commissioner wasn’t regarded so much a crook as a character.
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BGA Honors 2010 Investigative Award Winners
BGA Honors 2010 Investigative Award Winners
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City Workers Goof, Leave Warehouse Unattended
City Workers Goof, Leave Warehouse Unattended
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FBI Informant Dishes on McHenry County Sheriff’s Office; Feds Take Pass
FBI Informant Dishes on McHenry County Sheriff’s Office; Feds Take Pass
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Radio Silence in Melrose Park, Despite Some Promising Reforms
Radio Silence in Melrose Park, Despite Some Promising Reforms
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Wealthy Donors Backing Hopefuls In Chicago’s Hot 43rd Ward Election
Wealthy Donors Backing Hopefuls In Chicago’s Hot 43rd Ward Election
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State Filing on Medicaid Delays Asks Court to Reconsider
Saying a federal appeals court mistakenly created a “watershed moment” that could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul sides with insurance titans that administer healthcare reimbursements
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Candidate for Cook County Pension Post Pleaded Guilty In 1985 Vote Fraud Case
Candidate for Cook County Pension Post Pleaded Guilty In 1985 Vote Fraud Case
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Clearing the air under the CTA’s June subway fire probe
Clearing the air under the CTA’s June subway fire probe
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Illinois’ Fiscal Crisis: We’re No. 2!
Illinois’ Fiscal Crisis: We’re No. 2!