Rauner remains persistent in arguing that his past budgets were all balanced, despite broad and convincing evidence to the contrary.
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Fact Check: How Hands Off Has Rauner Been With His Investments?
Details contained in a lawsuit brought against Gov. Bruce Rauner by a former business associate have called into further question the governor’s insistence that he no longer plays a role in his business investments.
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Fact Check: Rauner GOP Foe Says She Shares Obama’s View On Gun Violence
In his 2008 speech, Obama drew a link between children from fatherless homes and those who stray into crime. But Ives took it a lot further than Obama ever did.
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Andy Shaw Stepping Down from Day-to-day Management of BGA This Year
BGA President and CEO Andy Shaw is giving up day-to-day management of the watchdog organization later this year but staying on in a leadership role.
Posted inNews
Why I’m Stepping Down and BGA’s Bright Future — A Personal Message from Andy Shaw
As I approach my 70th birthday, the time is right for someone else to take over day-to-day management of the BGA.
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Fact Check | Chicago’s Private-sector Employment: Really the Highest in City History?
The mayor’s claim is refuted by a broad array of jobs data which show Chicago was once a much bigger city with many more residents employed and many more jobs within the city limits.
Posted inNews, Podcast
Podcast: Broken City with Jamie Kalven of the Invisible Institute
We talk about policing, violence, and justice with Jamie Kalven, the reporter who first broke the story of the Laquan McDonald shooting and the founder of the Invisible Institute.
Posted inCriminal Justice & Public Safety
Sheriff Offers Help in Probing Suburban Police Shootings
Prompted by BGA/WBEZ series, Tom Dart tells suburban chiefs that his office is available to conduct investigations into whether officers act properly in shooting incidents.
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Submit Now For The 2018 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards For Investigative Reporting
The Costly Toll of Dead-end Drug Arrests, published in December, examined how thousands of Chicagoans — mostly Black men — are arrested on drug possession charges judges, police and prosecutors all know will never stick.
Posted inInvestigations
How Dolton, Illinois Reflects America’s Changing Suburbs in 2018
BGA and WBEZ spent months in Dolton reporting on a growing national trend: for the first time, there is more poverty in suburbs than in cities.
