Investigation

In response to our recent investigations into credit card usage at city agencies, Mayor Rahm Emanuel took action to curb abuse.

Recent BGA/FOX Chicago News investigations reportedly are hastening Chicago Park District Supt. Tim Mitchell’s departure, which follows the forced exit of his chief of staff.

In Hobart, Ind., police are trying to see why a city-owned fire truck was apparently traded to a former firefighter for a batch of computers—and whether any laws were violated.

Was ex-Oak Brook village president putting in a full day’s work for a full day’s pay at his Illinois secretary of state job? State concludes probe, which was prompted by inquiries from the BGA.

The Garfield Park Gymnasium, a ‘second home’ for West Side children, is out of commission for the summer. It has yet to be repaired since a flood almost a year ago.

After the BGA and the Post-Tribune revealed McCorkle had sold city-owned equipment to his underlings for cash, the former fire chief signals his retirement.

Did Hobart, Ind., taxpayers get hosed when a high-ranking fire official sold city-owned equipment to his underlings for cash? The BGA and the Northwest Indiana Post-Tribune investigate.

The Chicago Park District is taking a hard look at how business is done after we questioned what top park officials were doing with their credit cards.

FBI documents obtained by the BGA raise fresh questions about just how close the Duffs were to Daley—and what sort of City Hall access they enjoyed during the mayor’s soon-to-end tenure.

The Chicago Park District suspended one of its top officials Wednesday night, after the BGA and FOX Chicago News began asking questions.