In other states, attorneys general have taken active roles in increasing police accountability. Could Illinois be next?
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What’s in Chicago’s Newest Union Contracts? Lower Wage Increases, Higher Healthcare Costs
The agreements with the Coalition of Unionized Public Employees (COUPE) are the first in a new generation of collective bargaining agreements for the City of Chicago.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation, PolitiFact
Fact Check: Rauner’s Dubious Balanced Budget Claims … Again
Rauner remains persistent in arguing that his past budgets were all balanced, despite broad and convincing evidence to the contrary.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation, PolitiFact
Fact Check: How Hands Off Has Rauner Been With His Investments?
Details contained in a lawsuit brought against Gov. Bruce Rauner by a former business associate have called into further question the governor’s insistence that he no longer plays a role in his business investments.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation, PolitiFact
Fact Check: Rauner GOP Foe Says She Shares Obama’s View On Gun Violence
In his 2008 speech, Obama drew a link between children from fatherless homes and those who stray into crime. But Ives took it a lot further than Obama ever did.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
Doubek: Who’s Assessing the Assessor? Voters Are, on Their Own
Government doesn’t hit any closer to where we live than this.
Posted inPress Release
Andy Shaw Stepping Down from Day-to-day Management of BGA This Year
BGA President and CEO Andy Shaw is giving up day-to-day management of the watchdog organization later this year but staying on in a leadership role.
Posted inPress Release
Why I’m Stepping Down and BGA’s Bright Future — A Personal Message from Andy Shaw
As I approach my 70th birthday, the time is right for someone else to take over day-to-day management of the BGA.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation, PolitiFact
Fact Check | Chicago’s Private-sector Employment: Really the Highest in City History?
The mayor’s claim is refuted by a broad array of jobs data which show Chicago was once a much bigger city with many more residents employed and many more jobs within the city limits.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
Shaw: Police Shootings in Suburban Chicago Show ‘Massive Failure of Government’
Several police shootings in suburban Cook County have led to lawsuits and settlements, but zero internal discipline. How could such reprehensible policing continue unabated and undisclosed for so long?