Andy Shaw brought the BGA’s watchdog message to the western suburbs on Wednesday, November 13th.
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Watchdog Training: Rockford
More than 50 people joined the BGA for the first-ever Rockford Citizen Watchdog Training on Nov. 13.
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BGA Backs Transparency Lawsuits
Better Government Association files motions in two lawsuits aimed at preventing the erosion of the Illinois Freedom of Information Act.
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New City Budget Shortchanges IG Offices
Money talks, but apparently not to the watchdogs who face greater workloads but not additional funding in 2014 City of Chicago spending plan.
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BGA Celebrates 90 Years
A thousand people packed a ballroom to celebrate 90 years of watchdog work
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BGA, NBC 5 Win Midwest EMMY Award
Investigation reveals police contracts allowing officers to work with alcohol in their systems.
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Mike Madigan Swipe At BGA Misses Mark
Dear Mike: We haven’t talked in months, so I was surprised to learn that, in your capacity as Illinois Democratic chairman, you recently sent a letter to party leaders condemning the Better Government Association and my tenure as its CEO.
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Cicero: Capone’s Long Gone But Not Corruption
Voter apathy lets “connected” voters maintain unethical status quo
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BGA Talks Pension Woes at Financial Panel
Truth in Accounting, DePaul University host event
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Ethical Tax Questions Dog Top Pols
Some of the best reflections on the human condition come from Shakespeare, Benjamin Franklin or the Bible, so let’s tap one of those reservoirs of reason — Scripture — to describe the apparent conflict of interest that arises when public officials who control our tax dollars also conduct private business that involves those same tax dollars.