The BGA’s Policy Team says it’s time for the government branch that cleans our water to embrace accountability.
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Leven: Pritzker Administration Starts Off With Promises of Sunshine in Illinois Government
Governor Pritzker’s executive order indicates that he is hoping to hold agencies to the “highest degree of transparency accountability standards.” Hopefully, he and the attorney general will work with legislators to make transparency a default.
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Cook County Health Systems Should Livestream Their Meetings
With Cook County Health Systems receiving over $100 million from county taxpayers, it makes sense that they should strive for as much transparency as possible.
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Illinois Parents, Drivers, Employees — Know These New Laws For 2019.
From rules of the road to school code requirements, here are some important laws that took effect in the New Year.
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Lawmakers Introduced Nearly Two Hundred Bills With the Potential to Weaken Government Transparency
The BGA Policy Team finds that in just two years, nearly two hundred bills changing the Freedom of Information Act were assigned to as many as 40 committees in the Illinois General Assembly.
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Leven: Will Chicago’s City Council Finally Put Responsibility for Compensating Injured City Workers in the City’s Hands?
Chicago is getting closer to running its injured workers program the right way.
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Doubek: How to Ensure a Better Next 200 Years for Illinois
We Need to Invest in Transit, Transparency and Humane Treatment for Illinois’ Future
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Disclosed: How to Restrict Non-disclosure Agreements
There are plenty of existing laws across the country that limit the use of non-disclosure agreements. Illinois lawmakers should draw on these models to protect the public and address a problem common to all industries, from Hollywood to local government.
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Disclosed: It’s Time to Put Restrictions on Non-disclosure Agreements
What do Harvey Weinstein, GM, Johnson & Johnson, the Catholic Church, and the City of Markham all have in common? We can’t disclose it.
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Doubek: Let’s Move to Start Cleaning Up our Recycling Challenges
Chicago and Illinois’ recycling efforts are in need of measured management.