Policy

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the famous line Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis coined for watchdogs defending transparency: “Sunlight is the best disinfectant.”

Not sure if I offended, motivated or simply woke up some Chicago aldermen in a recent column when I dusted off the old Paudy Bauler cliché about City Council still not being ready for reform.

Suburban mayors typically regulate local liquor establishments. Taking campaign money from them is a blatant conflict of interest.

In wake of Recorder’s transgressions, BGA resurrects call for agency consolidations.

Cops have to make split-second, life-and-death decisions. Why in the world do some police departments allow them to have alcohol in their bloodstream?

Cops have to make split-second, life-and-death decisions. Why in the world do some police departments allow them to have alcohol in their bloodstream?

35 former Chicago aldermen have been nailed for corruption since 1973.

35 former Chicago aldermen have been nailed for corruption since 1973.

From time to time the BGA will circle back to previous investigations to see if, and how, government responded. The findings in this first “Rewind” column are mixed.