Executive stepped down at the end of June after sanitary district’s board conducted investigation.
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Fact-Check: Emanuel Wrong Again on Chicago Jobs
The mayor’s latest claim about Chicago’s workforce holds up no better to the facts than a similar one he made early this year. Not surprisingly, there were more workers and jobs in the city decades ago when the population was much greater.
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Madigan Moves To Close Landfills Over Drinking Water Concerns
After BGA stories raised questions about ‘clean-fill’ quarries-turned-dumps taking in debris that could pollute groundwater, state attorney general argues two quarries need to be shut down.
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Fact-Check: Illinois Lite Guv Calls Progressive Tax Idea Regressive
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s running mate claims a push by Democrats to replace Illinois’ flat-rate income tax with progressive rates that charge higher earners more would be the opposite of progressive and lead to higher taxes.
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Clean Dumps May Not Be So Clean, State Suit Charges
Quarries doubling as demolition waste sites threaten to contaminate local water sources, Attorney General Madigan and others warn.
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17 Months After Teen With Autism Drowned at CPS Pool, Board of Ed to Strengthen Water Safety
Following BGA/Sun-Times investigation into special ed care at pools, Chicago’s school board is set to take up policy changes that would limit pool activities and focus lifeguard staffing.
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Fact-Check: Did Rauner Really Pour $1 Billion ‘Down the Drain’?
Illinois has racked up a mountain of interest penalties for paying bills late after a record budget impasse. The Democrat hoping to unseat Gov. Bruce Rauner says it’s all the Republican’s fault, but the facts tell a more complicated story.
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Fact-Check: Is CPS the Most Understaffed District in Illinois?
The nation’s third-largest school district comes up short on staffing compared to the rest of the state, a fact that undercuts prevailing assumptions about bureaucratic bloat and raises questions about how district funds are being spent.
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Senior Frustrations About Broken Elevators Erupt As CHA Leaders Meet
Elderly CHA residents demanding action on elevators disrupt a CHA board meeting. The protest follows a BGA/WBEZ investigation into chronic problems that have led to hundreds of vulnerable and often frail seniors trapped in elevators or in their apartments.
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Fact-Check: Rauner’s Legionnaires’ Claim Misses the Mark—and the Point
Gov. Bruce Rauner continues to take heat for his response to repeated outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease at a state-run veterans’ home. Recently, he made an unsupported claim about what initiated the crisis that does nothing to refute those critiques.