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Are Illinois riverboat gamblers tourists? Are any gamblers tourists? What are tourists? Back in 1994, the BGA began to investigate this question. We went door to door in all ten riverboat towns looking for signs of economic development. We didn’t find it.

A federal extortion case wasn’t enough to unseat Chicago’s longest-serving alderman, Ed Burke. He was re-elected Tuesday to his 13th term, just weeks after FBI agents raided his offices.

For more than 50 years, the airport has been plagued by corruption and costly delays. The politically connected cash in. Meanwhile, passengers trudge through a transit hub that persistently underperforms.

How Rahm Emanuel and City Colleges of Chicago create an illusion of success at the expense of education.

Since the beginning, O’Hare International Airport has been plagued by political connections, corruption schemes, even mob ties.

Since 2005, there have been at least 113 police shootings in suburban Cook County. Not a single officer involved in those shootings was disciplined, fired or charged criminally.

As O’Hare International Airport grew to one of the busiest transportation hubs in the world, it has left in its wake a track record of costly delays, billions in spending, and decades of broken promises.