Robert Herguth

Administrator at Gold Coast school is “reassigned” after internal investigation confirms inappropriate out-of-town spending with taxpayer money.

Politically active city worker asks for long-ago criminal record to be cleared. Governor acts – helping him in more ways than one.

Transit agency is dumping most private security guards at L stops and hiring in-house “customer-service” employees in their place – but will the rails be safer?

Suburban mayors regulate liquor establishments in their towns. But many mayors also take campaign money from those businesses. Who’s really getting served here?

Following an inquiry by the BGA and NBC 5, transit agency Pace cracks down on employees accessing videos at work. Why aren’t other public agencies doing more to police web activity?

Some Illinois politicians appear to be living high on the hog by using their campaign funds to supplement their lifestyles. Is this legal?

Aide to Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown files for bankruptcy – but fails to disclose six-figure taxpayer-funded income.

Before she was even elected, incoming Cook County Recorder of Deeds Karen Yarbrough insinuated herself into the agency’s hiring process – a brazen move that may have violated an anti-patronage court order.

Country Club Hills Mayor Dwight Welch ordered his town’s police force to keep watch over his home – but why?