• Watchdog Training: Sulzer Library, Chicago

    Sulzer Library

    Chicagoans learned how to use the Freedom of Information Act to watch their governments at a training session in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Chicago at the Conrad Sulzer Regional Library.

  • Watchdog Training: DeKalb

    Northern Illinois University, Cole Hall, Room 100, 1425 Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, 60115

    More than one hundred members of the DeKalb area community learned what it takes to be a good watchdog at a training session held at Northern Illinois University (NIU).

  • Watchdog Training: Bloomington-Normal

    First Presbyterian Church, 2000 East College Avenue, Normal, 61761

    The Better Government Association held a watchdog training in collaboration with the League of Women Voters, McLean County.

  • Watchdog Training: City Bureau

    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.

  • Public Forums: Attorney General Race

    Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, 430 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, 60605

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

  • 2018 BGA Annual Luncheon

    Hilton Chicago, 720 S Michigan Ave., Chicago, 60605

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

  • A Lesson in Clout from the 25th Ward

    Pilsen Outpost, 1637 W 18th St, Chicago, 60608

    Join the Better Government Association and WBEZ at this free event to hear reporters discuss their recent reporting, and to talk about how aldermen throughout all of Chicago wield unique power that sometimes leads to corruption.