An Emanuel administration drive to project an image of rapid improvement at City Colleges led to a national award for Kennedy-King College in Englewood. But the BGA found the improvement that led to the award was measured using data from an international pastry program located in the Loop.
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Fact Check: Are Rauner’s Democrat Opponents Promising A ‘Massive Income Tax Hike’?
Gov. Bruce Rauner says his top Democratic opponents’ support for a progressive income tax means a “massive” tax hike on the middle class. It doesn’t.
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Politifact’s 2017 Lie of the Year
PolitiFact National names Trump’s claim that the Russia interference is a hoax as its Lie of the Year for 2017.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
Doubek: #MeToo Movement Might Bring Clearer Sexual Harassment Processes to Government
In her column for the Chicago Sun-Times, Policy Director Madeleine Doubek says the #MeToo movement might improve governments’ response to sexual harassment.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation, PolitiFact
Fact Check: Pritzker Says He’s Released “Way More” Tax Info Than Rauner
Pritzker’s three years’ worth of 1040 state and federal cover sheets are identical to the sort of disclosure Rauner released as a candidate four years ago and what he has issued each year since.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
Shaw: Is IL Ready To Attack Bureaucratic Bloat And Save Money?
There comes a time—a day of reckoning actually—when important issues that generally make our eyes glaze over because of their discomfiting terminology start making us mad.
Posted inAction, Analysis, Policy
BGA Testifies For Inspector General For Chicago’s Sewage District
For a governing body bigger than many Illinois cities and towns, the BGA told commissioners, creating an OIG is “an environmental and fiduciary imperative.”
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Fact Check: Do Pritzker and Kennedy Have a Tax Transparency Gap?
Neither Pritzker, Kennedy nor Rauner have been willing to share more than 1040 forms, thus hiding the meat of their tax returns.
Posted inLegal
State Supreme Court Lets Stand Pro-Transparency Ruling
The Illinois Supreme Court has let stand a lower court ruling favoring the BGA, barring Illinois cities from imposing their own exemptions to state open records law.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
Internal Report: City Colleges Awarding Invalid Diplomas In Apprentice Program
The college system also improperly sought state taxpayer tuition reimbursements for courses offered for free.