Andy Shaw

Only a year into his term, Mayor Rahm Emanuel scores high marks for financial belt tightening and providing greater online access to city data and information. Still, the Mayor has tripped over a couple of key “transparency” tests — improving relations with the city Inspector General’s office and making his controversial infrastructure trust plan more open to public scrutiny.

The police force assigned to patrol Cook County’s hospital system doesn’t have the best reputation in town.

After getting fired for allowing friends to bypass Midway Airport’s security checkpoint so they wouldn’t miss a flight, a city worker gets his taxpayer-funded job back, and now is making $84,000 a year with Chicago’s water department.