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Maywood Park District’s police department was disbanded in the 1990s amid a massive corruption scandal. Officials in the western suburb are now pushing to resurrect the force – in what critics say is a huge step backwards.

Last week the Better Government Association and Crain’s Chicago Business exposed some questionable behavior of a board member who helps govern the $1.7 billion retirement plan of the Chicago Transit Authority.

Firefighters, of all people, know that where there’s smoke, there’s often fire.

The embattled financial adviser handling more than $1 billion in pension assets for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retirement Fund appears to be on the way out.

Government leaders of an affluent Chicago suburb were forced to referee a nasty fight between its residents and a famous Big Box retailer. That battle is over but the store war may only be starting, a BGA Rescuing Illinois report reveals.

A BGA Rescuing Illinois investigation explores the glut of closed public facilities and why they are becoming a strain on communities statewide.

Spending roughly three hours at a public board meeting of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retirement Fund, listening to various financial reports, is about as dry as it gets.

Gray & Co., the main adviser to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s billion-dollar pension fund, is under SEC investigation. Should Chicago taxpayers be worried?

A top investment adviser to CTA pension fund is facing troubling accusations, and an SEC probe, for out-of-state business dealings.

A Rescuing Illinois report finds cross-border consolidation of police, fire and emergency services is the next major step for cash-strapped municipalities.