Nearly 600 BGA supporters gathered to celebrate the achievements of the past year of good government work at our Annual Luncheon.
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BGA Stories on O’Hare and Chicago’s Recycling Program Win National Awards
The two EPPY Awards, handed out by the journalism magazine Editor & Publisher, were for Best Investigative/Enterprise Feature and Best Innovation Project.
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BGA Sues Town of Lyons for Records in Federal Probe
The Better Government Association joins WBEZ in suing the southwest suburb for records it received as part of growing federal investigation.
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Event Recap | Membership Launch Party
BGA welcomed 65 members at the official membership program launch party at Rock Bottom Brewery.
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Pension Outlook Database
The Pension Outlook Database from the Better Government Association has been discontinued. The raw data from the project can be downloaded here.
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BGA Named Finalist for Top Online Award, Best Newsroom
Better Government Association is a finalist for two of the Online News Association’s 2019 Online Journalism Awards, including a nomination for digital innovation for its recycling story.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
Reaction: Read and Listen to Discussions Spurred by BGA’s O’Hare Investigation
Follow the impact our “O’Hare’s Billions In Broken Promises” investigation has had.
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Event Recap | 2019 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards For Investigative Reporting
Thanks to the generosity of the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation we are able to celebrate and reward, with $26,000 in prize money, the work of other investigative journalists in the watchdog fight.
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BGA Wins Journalism Award for Suburban Police Shooting Series Produced With WBEZ
“Taking Cover” series win is the latest in string of recent awards that also honored BGA work on Chicago recycling and the cost of government sexual misconduct.
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The BGA’s Agenda for Lori Lightfoot
Chicago’s new mayor takes office on May 20. She’ll need to hit the ground running — and never stop. Here’s how she can get off to a good start.