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In wake of BGA legal action that forced mayor to release personal emails, Chicago Board of Ethics levies fine against David Plouffe, who lobbied mayor on behalf of Uber.

The Chicago Tribune’s non-endorsement of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan raised some of the same issues the Better Government Association focused on in a news story this past spring.

Payments range from multimillion dollar settlements to tens of thousands for 184 cases, a BGA Rescuing Illinois investigation found.

Already hurting for revenues, troubled south suburb can’t explain $275,000 in water bill waivers and other fiscal irregularities.

Chicago’s Animal Care and Control – the taxpayer-funded city agency that deals with lost and abandoned pets, as well as wildlife issues – is in the news again, this time because of allegations that it didn’t do enough to care for a dog with a massive tumor.

Channel 11 just did a lengthy piece on Chicago Animal Care and Control – the taxpayer-supported city agency that handles lost and abandoned dogs, cats and other creatures.

They launch hundreds of investigations but results are lackluster, a BGA Rescuing Illinois report reveals.

Money in dozens of Chicago-area police and fire pension funds is drying up – which should be a big worry not only for current and future retirees, but taxpayers, a BGA Rescuing Illinois investigation discovers.

The public-sector watchdog tasked with rooting out corruption and inappropriate political influence in state government is doing a crummy job.

Nancy Dobrowski, former long-time clerk for the Village of Burnham, was charged this week with stealing more than $650,000 from the tiny, financially beleaguered south suburb and using most of the money to gamble at casinos.