Follow-Up | Page 5 | Better Government Association

Skip to main content

Newsroom

Tracking the reverberations and impact of the Newsroom's stories.

Follow-Up

City Colleges Union Chief Slaps Administration Over BGA Probe

A top teacher union official at the City Colleges of Chicago chastised Chancellor Juan Salgado for his “dismissive” response to a BGA investigation that found lowered standards and manipulated data created a misleading record of success.
Nov 13, 2017 12:45 PM
Follow-Up

Settlement Approved In Police Shooting Involving Gun That Judge Turned In 8 Years Earlier

The family of a 22-year-old who was fatally shot by a Cicero police officer will receive $3.1 million from the suburb. Next to the victim's dead body was the .38 caliber revolver that a Cook County judge turned in to a Chicago gun buyback years earlier.
Sep 6, 2017 3:05 PM
Follow-Up

Rauner Halts Proposed Cuts To Senior In-Home Care

Gov. Rauner's administration has halted plans to scale back an in-home senior care program. The proposed reduction had faced criticism from the Alzheimer's Association Illinois Chapter, Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans and SEIU Healthcare Illinois.
Aug 24, 2017 5:25 PM
Follow-Up

Aldermen Grill City, McCormick Place Officials Over Navy Pier TIF Plan

Nothing to see here, the Emanuel administration declares at a hastily arranged City Hall hearing prompted by a BGA/Crain's investigative report of a shell game that shifted blight-fighting tax funds to Navy Pier.
Jul 24, 2017 6:35 PM
Follow-Up

Former Alderman, Internet Pioneer Fined In Emanuel Email Lobbying Case

They were among the latest group of five individuals the Chicago Ethics Board said had fined for attempting to influence Mayor Emanuel or other officials through emailed contacts that became public after the settlement of a BGA lawsuit against the city.
Jul 21, 2017 4:25 PM
Follow-Up

Alderman Calls For Hearings In Wake Of BGA/Crain’s Navy Pier Investigation

Third Ward Alderman Pat Dowell has called for public hearings into the diversion of $55 million in city blight fighting-funds to a Navy Pier renovation project.
Jul 21, 2017 4:10 PM
Follow-Up

Emanuel Email Case Nets Five More Lobbying Violations

The total of those hit for lobbying the mayor without registering rises to eight in cases that emanate from a BGA lawsuit that led Mayor Emanuel to release thousands of pages of business related emails from his personal accounts.
Jul 19, 2017 7:20 PM
Follow-Up

Big Emanuel Donor, Husband Of Alderman Cited For Illegally Lobbying The Mayor Through His Personal Email

The total of those hit for lobbying the mayor without registering rises to three in cases that emanate from a BGA lawsuit that led Mayor Emanuel to release thousands of pages of business related emails from his personal accounts.
Jun 16, 2017 12:05 PM
Follow-Up

Another Case Of Improper Lobbying Suspected In Wake Of BGA Lawsuit Settlement

City ethics watchdogs have uncovered enough evidence to suspect yet another instance of improper lobbying of Chicago officials, an issue that came to light following settlement of a Better Government Association lawsuit over Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s personal email accounts.
May 22, 2017 5:21 PM
Follow-Up

Tally Of Ethics Probes Tied To Emanuel Email Release Hits 14

Communications released by settlement of a BGA transparency lawsuit against the Emanuel Administration shine an ever brighter light on the special access afforded to favor-seekers with influence and power.
Apr 19, 2017 6:35 PM