Dane Placko

“At the very best it’s a conflict of interest,” Andy Shaw, BGA president and CEO, said. “A good reform would be to make it illegal for a public sector employee to do work for his employer, even on his own time.”

Toni Preckwinkle has earned high marks for cleaning up county government in her first few months on the job. But a pair of recent job hires might make you wonder if old-fashioned patronage politics still has a place at the County building.

In response to our recent investigations into credit card usage at city agencies, Mayor Rahm Emanuel took action to curb abuse.

Recent BGA/FOX Chicago News investigations reportedly are hastening Chicago Park District Supt. Tim Mitchell’s departure, which follows the forced exit of his chief of staff.

The Garfield Park Gymnasium, a ‘second home’ for West Side children, is out of commission for the summer. It has yet to be repaired since a flood almost a year ago.

The Chicago Park District is taking a hard look at how business is done after we questioned what top park officials were doing with their credit cards.

With Fox Chicago News, we examined more than 9,000 Chicago red-light camera tickets issued to vehicles with municipal plates since 2006.