We took a look to see if private prisons were in the portfolio on the watch of Joseph Berrios’ primary challenger.
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How City Colleges Won A National Minority Achievement Prize With Manipulated Data
An Emanuel administration drive to project an image of rapid improvement at City Colleges led to a national award for Kennedy-King College in Englewood. But the BGA found the improvement that led to the award was measured using data from an international pastry program located in the Loop.
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Fact Check: Are Rauner’s Democrat Opponents Promising A ‘Massive Income Tax Hike’?
Gov. Bruce Rauner says his top Democratic opponents’ support for a progressive income tax means a “massive” tax hike on the middle class. It doesn’t.
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Politifact’s 2017 Lie of the Year
PolitiFact National names Trump’s claim that the Russia interference is a hoax as its Lie of the Year for 2017.
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Fact Check: Pritzker Says He’s Released “Way More” Tax Info Than Rauner
Pritzker’s three years’ worth of 1040 state and federal cover sheets are identical to the sort of disclosure Rauner released as a candidate four years ago and what he has issued each year since.
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Fact Check: Do Pritzker and Kennedy Have a Tax Transparency Gap?
Neither Pritzker, Kennedy nor Rauner have been willing to share more than 1040 forms, thus hiding the meat of their tax returns.
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Internal Report: City Colleges Awarding Invalid Diplomas In Apprentice Program
The college system also improperly sought state taxpayer tuition reimbursements for courses offered for free.
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Bobby Rush’s Englewood Church A Million-Dollar Problem
U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush has been ordered to pay $1.1 million on a delinquent bank loan made to his now-shuttered church, the latest setback for the longtime congressman-turned-pastor who once promised his house of worship would help rebuild Englewood.
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Will Pritzker/Kennedy Reveal More About Their Taxes Than Rauner? Apparently Not
How substantial will J.B. Pritzker and Chris Kennedy’s financial disclosures really be?
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Fact-Check: Dick Durbin Wrong That GOP Tax Bill Hasn’t Had Independent Vetting
Durbin said the Republican tax bill is “not being scored by the Congressional Budget Office, as it is traditionally.” Under the most obvious interpretation of that statement, Durbin is incorrect.