Opponents of a new law defining police officers’ roles in immigration matters miss the mark — Illinois has not become a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants.
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Rauner Halts Proposed Cuts To Senior In-Home Care
Gov. Rauner’s administration has halted plans to scale back an in-home senior care program. The proposed reduction had faced criticism from the Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Chapter, Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans and SEIU Healthcare Illinois.
Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability
As The Nation’s Rail Hub, Chicago Is An Expensive And Dangerous Bottleneck
Nearly $1 trillion in goods chug annually through the city on a severely tangled network of rails, prompting some industry leaders to weigh ways to bypass Chicago entirely.
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Fact-Check: Does Chicago Protect ‘Criminal Aliens’?
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently accused the Chicago Police Department of maintaining “an official policy of protecting criminal aliens who prey on their own residents.”
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Fact-Check: U.S. Senate Candidate Says Illinois Communities Are Under Sharia Law
Are there really entire communities in Illinois that ignore U.S. law and operate instead under Sharia law?
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Fact-Check: Has Rahm Rid Chicago Of Bad Financial Practices?
Mayor Emanuel says he’s cut into “every one of the financial bad management practices that I inherited.” Has he really set city finances on a distant path to soundness?
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How CHA Rehabs Of Senior Apartments Blow Through Budgets, Cause Real Pain
Expensive cost overruns are the rule, rather than the exception, when the Chicago Housing Authority orders up renovations at senior housing complexes it runs. Inconvenience, frustration and sometimes danger for elderly residents accompany the rehab work.
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BGA Wins Prestigious First Amendment Award From The Society Of Professional Journalists
Presented by the Society of Professional Journalists’ educational foundation, the award recognizes those who have fought to protect and preserve one or more of the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment.
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Fact-Check: Are Chicago’s Soda Prices Among Highest In The Country?
Calling Chicago’s soda price expensive is a little like proclaiming the sun rises in the east, but we thought it was worth a look anyway.
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BGA, PolitiFact Form Exclusive Partnership To Hold Illinois Government Accountable
For a fact-challenged era in a fact-challenged state, The Better Government Association has signed on as Illinois’ fact-checking referee.
