Lori Lightfoot vowed to put an end to aldermanic prerogative on inauguration day. But the basis for the practice giving aldermen a veto over ward issues will take more than a few strokes of a pen for her to undo.
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BGA Joins Six Other Chicago Newsrooms to Examine Mayor Lightfoot’s First Year
The new “Lens on Lightfoot” series will pool the resources of multiple newsrooms across the city to evaluate the mayor’s administration.
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BGA Investigations Win Emmy, Award from Chicago Journalists Association
The two pieces focused on mismanagement at O’Hare airport and the cost to taxpayers of government sexual misconduct cases.
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Greising: The Culture of Corruption in Illinois Won’t End Easily
It will require a holistic approach, one that is strategic and systematic, to cure Illinois and Chicago of corruption.
Posted inEquity & Economic Opportunity
Trump Rolls Back EPA Oversight in Midwest, Favoring Polluters
EPA inspections and staff levels plunge in the Chicago regional office as regulations are abandoned and policy favors job creation over clean air and water. The Midwest is among the areas hit hardest by the cutbacks, with inspections down 60% since Trump took office.
Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability
ComEd Kept Paying Madigan Confidant After Retirement Announcement
The power company paid $361,000 in 2017 and 2018 to a clout-heavy ex-lobbyist whose home was raided by the feds in May.
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BGA Files Suit for Records Involving Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson Found Asleep in Parked Car
CPD denied open records request for reports and videos related to the October incident in which police officers discovered Johnson. The matter is under investigation by the city inspector general.
Posted inEquity & Economic Opportunity
Neighborhoods Face Extinction As Floods Increase
Illinois towns paying the price for repeated cleanups consider buying out residents and converting homesteads to wetlands and parks.
Posted inOpinion
Greising | Lightfoot to Pritzker on Pensions: It’s Your Move
“The practical matter is that if you don’t rein in the size of the growth in pension liabilities, all of these other things are just nibbling around the edges.”
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Fact-Check: Has Illinois Been Losing Population for Nearly a Century?
Speaking about the importance of attracting young people to attend Illinois universities, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said the state has lost population in all but one of the last 95 years.
