Follow-Up

Employee of city animal pound hit with 20-day suspension for alleged dog-choking incident, but other problems persist at taxpayer-funded facility.

Retired Illinois congressman getting rich working for special interests that once sought his help in U.S. House – and he’s not the only member of his family getting paid.

Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown donates to campaign fund of judicial candidate – who happens to be Brown’s inspector general. Plus, Brown’s not alone in moonlighting.

Despite the emerging trend in statewide school consolidation and mergers, Cook County schools are staying clear of that streamlining effort and that’s paying off for some school superintendents, a BGA Rescuing Illinois examination finds.

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.

Clout-heavy IDOT administrator leaves agency amid scrutiny over patronage hiring under Gov. Quinn, but officials won’t explain what’s going on.

Mayor Emanuel pledged not to accept campaign donations from city vendors, but he still takes money from employees of those vendors, which has helped pack his war chest.

Two dogs allegedly killed in recent weeks by Chicago Animal Care and Control workers, in latest turmoil at long-troubled city agency.

Circuit Court clerk’s cash grab; Rosemont’s late mayor through the lens of the FBI; and which pols took campaign cash from McHugh since the company’s troubles surfaced.