Bruce Rauner says news reports fail to explain that the source of Legionnaires’ disease, which broke out at a state-run veterans’ home in 2015, is basically everywhere. But to what extent?
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Taking Cover: How Cops Escape Discipline for Shootings in Suburban Chicago
Since 2005, there have been at least 113 police shootings in suburban Cook County. Not a single officer involved in those shootings was disciplined, fired or charged criminally.
Posted inNews
Fact Check: Joe Berrios’ Attack Ad Ignores Key Facts
We took a look to see if private prisons were in the portfolio on the watch of Joseph Berrios’ primary challenger.
Posted inEducation
How City Colleges Won A National Minority Achievement Prize With Manipulated Data
An Emanuel administration drive to project an image of rapid improvement at City Colleges led to a national award for Kennedy-King College in Englewood. But the BGA found the improvement that led to the award was measured using data from an international pastry program located in the Loop.
Posted inNews
Fact Check: Are Rauner’s Democrat Opponents Promising A ‘Massive Income Tax Hike’?
Gov. Bruce Rauner says his top Democratic opponents’ support for a progressive income tax means a “massive” tax hike on the middle class. It doesn’t.
Posted inNews
Politifact’s 2017 Lie of the Year
PolitiFact National names Trump’s claim that the Russia interference is a hoax as its Lie of the Year for 2017.
Posted inNews
Fact Check: Pritzker Says He’s Released “Way More” Tax Info Than Rauner
Pritzker’s three years’ worth of 1040 state and federal cover sheets are identical to the sort of disclosure Rauner released as a candidate four years ago and what he has issued each year since.
Posted inNews
Fact Check: Do Pritzker and Kennedy Have a Tax Transparency Gap?
Neither Pritzker, Kennedy nor Rauner have been willing to share more than 1040 forms, thus hiding the meat of their tax returns.
Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability
How Much Would You Pay To Avoid Traffic? Illinois and ‘Congestion Pricing’
An approach that borrows from Uber’s fluctuating pricing strategy and a theme park express pass is being eyed by experts to finance long-overdue improvements on the Eisenhower and other roads.
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State Supreme Court Lets Stand Pro-Transparency Ruling
The Illinois Supreme Court has let stand a lower court ruling favoring the BGA, barring Illinois cities from imposing their own exemptions to state open records law.
