Following a 2011 BGA analysis that found DuPage County Board members were missing numerous public meetings — but still collecting paychecks — their 2012 attendance improves, with officials citing the BGA’s findings as a big reason.
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Spotty Attendance Continues To Dog DuPage Board
Analysis shows some County Board members still miss far too many public meetings — especially for a part-time job that pays $50,000 a year and carries a taxpayer-subsidized pension. Have some of these officials “checked out?”
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
Gaming Board Improves State’s Video Poker Play
Thanks to a deck that has been reshuffled and re-cut, the odds are even that legalized video gambling in Illinois can be fun for some players, profitable for some governments and, we hope, ruinous for fewer gaming addicts.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation, Newsroom
School Districts, Residents Bear Some Responsibility for Lyons Township Troubles
School Districts, Residents Bear Some Responsibility for Lyons Township Troubles
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
DuPage is Appealing Place for Political Figure
While DuPage County Board chairman, Robert Schillerstrom appointed members of tax-appeals panel. Now a lawyer in private practice, he’s asking those same people to cut his clients’ property taxes. And they’re listening.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
Mayor Emanuel Should Push for New Ethics Ordinance Now
Mayor Emanuel empowered an ethics task force and dumped an ineffectual ethics board. Now it’s time to get the task-force recommendations through the City Council.
Posted inAnalysis, Policy
To Cut Costs, Suburbs Eye Police Dept. Merger
To Cut Costs, Suburbs Eye Police Dept. Merger
Posted inAnalysis, Policy
To Cut Costs, Suburbs Eye Police Dept. Merger
The municipalities of Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills are considering a proposed merger of their police departments—a move that would save the villages collectively an estimated $700,000 to $800,000.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
Police Need New Interrogation Policy
It’s time for lawmakers to stop talking about changing the way the Chicago Police Department handles the interrogation of violent crime suspects and to begin working towards real criminal justice reform.
Posted inAnalysis, Policy
State’s High Court Hears IG’s Case
The Illinois Supreme Court heard oral arguments recently in a case that will help determine what power the city of Chicago’s main watchdog has to investigate City Hall.