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Event Archive

May 21

Featured Event
2019 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting

May 21, 2019
5:30–8 p.m.

City Winery

At the 2019 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting, the BGA will honor the best reporting in our state and host a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh, known for his exposé of the massacre in My Lai, Vietnam as well as exposing atrocities at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
Dec 5

BGA-SJR Whiteboard: Gender Equity, Tech & Transportation

December 5, 2018
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Wyndham Hotel

Illinois turns 200 years old this December, and to honor the occasion, the Better Government Association and The State Journal-Register are asking experts on three crucial topics — Transportation, Technology and Gender Equity — to help us whiteboard the future: What needs to be done to make Illinois a leader?
Oct 24

Watchdog Training: Arlington Heights

October 24, 2018
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Mount Prospect Public Library

BGA Watchdog Training teaches you how to keep an eye on government and find out what’s happening in your community. In this training, experts will help you understand government, the Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act.
Oct 16

2018 BGA Annual Luncheon

October 16, 2018
11:30 a.m.

Hilton Chicago

The Better Government Association is celebrating its 95th Anniversary! Don't miss the culmination of our best year yet at our 2018 Annual Luncheon.
Sep 17

Watchdog Training: Eastern Illinois University

September 17, 2018
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Buzzard Hall Auditorium, Eastern Illinois University

BGA Watchdog Training teaches you how to keep an eye on government and find out what’s happening in your community. In this training, experts will help you understand government, the Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act.
Aug 15

Recap: Watchdog Training Rock Island

August 15, 2018
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center

The Better Government Association held a watchdog training in collaboration with The Dispatch Argus in Rock Island County. The event was held at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center.
May 23

Watchdog Training: Indivisible Chicago, Northwest Chapter

May 23, 2018
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

BGA Watchdog Training teaches you how to keep an eye on government and find out what’s happening in your community. In this training, experts will help you understand government, the Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act.
May 1

2018 Richard H. Driehaus Awards for Investigative Reporting

May 1, 2018
6–8 p.m.

City Winery

Join us for a night of celebration for the best reporting in our state and don't miss our special guest, Daniel Ellsberg, the renowned "Pentagon Papers" whistleblower. Mingle with journalists and good government champions at the complimentary beer & wine social and stay after the ceremony for a performance by Chicago blues diva Lynne Jordan and the Shivers.
Mar 7

Public Forums: Attorney General Race

March 7, 2018
6:00 PM

Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University

The BGA, in collaboration with ABC7, hosted back-to-back Republican and Democratic debates with primary candidates for Illinois Attorney General.
Jan 25

Watchdog Training: City Bureau

January 25, 2018

About eighty Chicago residents from the South Side learned they can file Freedom of Information Act requests anonymously during a watchdog training session hosted jointly by the Better Government Association and City Bureau.