After the BGA reports that Harvey Mayor Eric Kellogg is receiving and spending campaign contributions without disclosing them, as the law requires, the chairman of the Illinois State Board of Elections says he will refer the matter to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office to weigh possible criminal prosecution.
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Top Ten Investigations Of 2013
In the spirit of the season, here’s what we consider the Better Government Association’s “Top Ten Investigations of 2013” — not in order of importance because that’s too arbitrary, but chronologically.
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More Smoke Coming Out Of Tri-State
Firefighters, of all people, know that where there’s smoke, there’s often fire.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
Kellogg Flakes, Public Should Be Frosted
Campaign committee overseen by Harvey Mayor Eric J. Kellogg refuses to file fundraising disclosure reports required under Illinois law – meaning voters have no real way of keeping watch over his donors and spending.
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Top Ten Investigations Of 2013
In the spirit of the season, here’s what we consider the Better Government Association’s “Top Ten Investigations of 2013” — not in order of importance because that’s too arbitrary, but chronologically.
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A Public Pension Plan That Works
IMRF is the state’s best managed and most financially stable pension provider.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation, Newsroom
Gray’s Goodbye?
The embattled financial adviser handling more than $1 billion in pension assets for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retirement Fund appears to be on the way out.
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Rep. Rush Should Face Ethics Probe
Some of you may have read or heard about a Better Government Association investigation of U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) that ran in the Chicago Sun-Times last weekend.
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Rep. Rush Should Face Ethics Probe
Some of you may have read or heard about a Better Government Association investigation of U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) that ran in the Chicago Sun-Times last weekend.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
Apple Press
Government-owned MacBook and other pricey computer equipment goes missing on watch of clout-heavy Cal City worker, but nothing happens until BGA pushes for answers.