BGA to Chicago City Council: Delay Infrastructure Trust Plan
Policy
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Update: Mayor Emanuel Delays Infrastructure Showdown
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel agreed to slow down his bid to establish a new financing vehicle designed to repair and upgrade public works projects.
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Editorial: Former Oak Brook Chief’s Undeserved Pension Bonanza
Former Oak Brook Police Chief Thomas Sheahan thinks he deserves a special pension gift quietly bestowed by the Legislature just for him. He doesn’t.
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Scholarship Scam Might Finally be Killed
Scholarship Scam Might Finally be Killed
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BGA Statement on the Illinois House Passage of a Bill to End Legislative Scholarships
BGA Statement on the Illinois House Passage of a Bill to End Legislative Scholarships
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As Time and Cash Run Out, Pols Must Launch Pension Rescue
As Time and Cash Run Out, Pols Must Launch Pension Rescue
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Mayor Emanuel, Inspector General Still Spar Over City Hall Access
In his quarterly report released this week, Chicago Inspector General Joseph Ferguson disputed Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s use of attorney-client privilege to withhold documents from his office related to current misconduct investigations.
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Legislative Scholarships Abused, Must Be Ended
It’s one of the great perks of membership in the Illinois General Assembly: Doling out annual legislative scholarships that provide students in their districts a free education at a state-sponsored university.
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Should Elected Officials Have to Clock In for Work?
Should Elected Officials Have to Clock In for Work?
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Illinois Campaign Finance Reform Task Force Hearing
Government and Policy Affairs Coordinator, Emily Miller, presented testimony before the final Public Finance and Campaign Elections Taskforce.