Unsafe elevators, shoddy record keeping and failed oversight at the CHA result in tenants, mostly elderly, living in fear of their own buildings, Part One of a BGA/WBEZ investigation finds.
Archives
Posted inNews
Fact-Check: No, Chicagoland Isn’t the Only Metro Area Losing Residents
Mayoral hopeful Lori Lightfoot said Chicago is the only “metropolitan area” in the nation losing population, a claim that wins her no points for clarity and skirts the edge of credibility.
Posted inOpinion
Griesing: Blagojevich’s Golden Lesson in ‘Fundraising’ — and His Play for Trump’s Sympathy
Blago knows things are different with Trump in the White House, and he is seeking to paint himself as just another pol who was playing by the wretched but legal rules of pay-as-you-go politics.
Posted inNews
Fact-Check: Blago Op-ed Falsely Claims He is in Prison for ‘Practicing Politics’
Illinois’ former governor once expressed remorse for misdeeds, but years in prison have him lashing out in print at the federal agents who put him there for allegedly criminalizing normal political conduct. His own words and actions belie the claim.
Posted inNews, Podcast
Podcast: Public Pensions: The Crisis No One is Talking About with Laurence Msall
You’ve heard Illinois is in the midst of a public pension crisis, but do you know how we got here? Special guest Laurence Msall, president of the Civic Federation, a nonpartisan government finance think tank, walks us through the history of the problem and what our government can do to dig Illinois out of its pension hole.
Posted inCriminal Justice & Public Safety
Police Shooting Bill Goes To Governor’s Desk
Legislation passes the Illinois House after a BGA/WBEZ investigation exposed how suburban police were not disciplined despite questionable shootings.
Posted inEquity & Economic Opportunity
NAACP Official Asks Rauner’s Environmental Agency to Help Black Communities
The leader of the prominent African-American group in Illinois says too much Volkswagen settlement money is going toward wrong projects.
Posted inNews
Fact-Check: Rauner Says Texas Is More Union Job Friendly Than Illinois
The governor contends manufacturing workers have a better chance of finding union jobs in Texas than in Illinois, despite the Prairie State’s more union-friendly policies. His numbers add up, but don’t quite prove his point.
Posted inOpinion
Greising: Van Dyke Judge’s Gag Order Ignores the Public’s Right to Know
Judge Vincent Gaughan should not issue a gag order in the Laquan McDonald shooting case.
Posted inNews
BGA Wins National Award for Investigation on City Colleges
‘The Graduates*’ investigation honored with The Education Writers Association Award for exposing Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s much-touted “reinvention” of City Colleges as largely an illusion.
