City repeatedly denied requests for videos, police reports and 911 calls that would shed more light on October 2019 incident in which officers found Johnson asleep behind the wheel of his running vehicle.
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Fact-Check: Brady Misleads on Graduated Tax Comparison
Citing Oregon as an example of what Illinois’ future will hold if voters approve Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s graduated income tax plan, Illinois Senate Republican Leader Bill Brady made a claim about that state’s tax history that doesn’t hold up.
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Greising: Pritzker Must Step Into Leading Role in Reforming Illinois Government. The Moment Demands It.
After federal investigators raided the offices of Sen. Martin Sandoval, D-Chicago, Pritzker lamented that the alleged wrongdoers were “throwing obstacles in the way of us accomplishing pension consolidation and lowering taxes, property taxes and other things in the state.”
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Event Recap | Pilsen Community Event
BGA and WBEZ hosted an event in Pilsen to hear from community members after a recent investigation regarding the 25th Ward.
Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability
Cómo el principal asistente del Concejal Solís consiguió tres trabajos
Mientras el concejal del Distrito 25, Daniel Solís, cooperaba en una investigación de corrupción federal antes de dejar su cargo el año pasado, un miembro de su personal estaba haciendo una nueva carrera como portero en un club nocturno, guardia de seguridad y como lobbista en una empresa de servicios públicos de Illinois.
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Fact-Check: Newman’s Jab at Lipinski’s Railroad Record Doesn’t Track
Illinois 3rd Congressional District candidate Marie Newman claimed incumbent U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski helped put the brakes on a law that prevented trains from blocking crossings. In response to our inquiry, her campaign acknowledged that’s not the case.
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How Embattled Alderman Solis’ Top Aide Landed Three Jobs
As 25th Ward Ald. Daniel Solis was cooperating in a sweeping federal corruption probe before leaving office last year, a top staffer was building a new career as a bouncer, security guard and as a lobbyist at an Illinois utility company.
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Greising: How Do You Undo a System That Rewards ‘Loyalty’ Over Public Service?
The latest of a series of Springfield ethics reform commissions seems predisposed to focus on lobbying, but that’s only one of the roots of Illinois’ corrupt politics.
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Greising: Illinois Scores Early With Legal Weed but Must Learn From Other States
With the question of whether and when to build a pot industry now behind us, the questions of how, and how much, are still very much in play. They’re the questions that matter as Illinois’ marijuana saga continues to play out.
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Fact-Check: Casten Partly Right About Federal Contribution to New Drugs
Speaking in favor of a plan to lower prescription drug costs and increase funding for public research, U.S. Rep. Sean Casten misstated the timeframe but correctly cited the conclusion of a study on the government’s role in creating new medications.
