Public executive severance packages will be limited to 20 weeks’ salary and no severance is allowed for those fired due to misconduct.
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Doubek: How One Citizen Changed His Local Township Government — and Maybe State Law
Think you can’t fight city hall, or township hall? Here’s how one Illinoisan did just that.
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Leven: Put Responsibility for Compensating Injured City workers in the City’s Hands
Chicago is the only major city to pay injured workers out of its legislative body. Changing that could be something for some enterprising aldermanic candidates to champion.
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BGA Policy Team Offers Public Comment Supporting Government Consolidation, Financial Accountability, and Transparency
Join BGA’s Policy team and weigh in on the future of Chicagoland.
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Doubek: Tackling the Transparency Deficit in Our Governments
Two more public executives take their exit, leaving secrets, speculation and taxpayer mistrust in their wake.
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Cook County Should Create a Revenue Forecasting Commission, Policy Team Says
The BGA Policy team sent a letter to Cook County Board commissioners sharing its interest in a commission to independently forecast revenue, a proposal, which the board will discuss on Wednesday, July 25, 2018.
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Doubek: Property Tax Bills are Good Motivation for Pushing Consolidation
The good news is there are legislative proposals that encourage streamlining and consolidation now awaiting the governor’s action.
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Going To The DMV? Now You Can Register To Vote Too!
The first part of automatic voter registration has been implemented at DMVs around the state. From now on, when you go to the DMV to renew your driver’s license, the state will check and update your voting registration card for you.
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14 Ways to Improve Chicago’s Police Contracts
One major component of police accountability remains unaddressed — police union contracts — and it could seriously damage the efforts in other areas if left undone.
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Doubek: Are We Being Kept in the Dark by Our Power Regulator on Next Grid?
A consumer group and electric firm sue the Illinois Commerce Commission claiming repeated Open Meetings Act violations.