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Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability

CTA Board’s Pension Games

by Patrick Rehkamp and Chris Fusco February 15, 2016November 10, 2022

Retired members of transit board get lucrative benefits – are taxpayers getting railroaded?

Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability

CTA Execs Ride The Pension Express

by Patrick Rehkamp and Chris Fusco February 14, 2016November 10, 2022

Retirement perks benefit Chicago Transit Authority bigwigs, saddle taxpayers for decades.

Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability

Dorothy Brown Leans On Employees To Get On Ballot

by Robert Herguth, Patrick Rehkamp, Andrew Schroedter, Katie Drews and Dane Placko December 3, 2015November 10, 2022

Bounced by Democratic Party, Circuit Court clerk scrambles to stay in race, and enlists the help of her government employees to do so.

Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability

Cook County Suburbs Tally $244 Million In Legal Fees

by Patrick Rehkamp and Andrew Schroedter November 25, 2015November 10, 2022

Private attorneys are often hired by cash-strapped suburbs dealing with police misconduct or public corruption claims, a BGA Rescuing Illinois analysis finds.

Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability

Feds Charge Dorothy Brown Employee

by Robert Herguth, Patrick Rehkamp and Chris Fusco November 20, 2015November 10, 2022

Lower-level bureaucrat accused of lying to grand jury that’s investigating job selling, other corruption in Circuit Court clerk’s office.

Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability

Short Cut Leads To Winding Trip Through Bureaucracy

by Robert Herguth, Patrick Rehkamp and Dane Placko November 4, 2015November 10, 2022

Sheriff’s officer zips wrong way down one-way street, collides with driver – who finds government a nightmare to deal with as she tries to get compensated for her car.

Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability

Dems Dump Dorothy

by Robert Herguth, Patrick Rehkamp, Chris Fusco and Dane Placko October 23, 2015November 10, 2022

Democratic Party strips away Dorothy Brown’s endorsement amid criminal investigation, which sources say is also examining her husband’s goat business.

Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability

Friday Could Be ‘D Day’ For D Brown

by Patrick Rehkamp, Andrew Schroedter and Dane Placko October 21, 2015November 10, 2022

Cook County Democratic Party leaders are now expected to decide Friday whether to rescind Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown’s endorsement.

Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability

Dems May Bounce Dorothy Brown From Ticket

by Patrick Rehkamp, Chris Fusco and Dane Placko October 20, 2015November 10, 2022

Amid revelations about federal investigation swirling around Circuit Court clerk, Democratic Party leaders may strip away her endorsement and back another candidate.

Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability

$110 million! City’s Legal Bills Pile Up

by Patrick Rehkamp and Andrew Schroedter October 17, 2015November 10, 2022

Emanuel’s outside law firm spending matches Daley’s last term as police misconduct defense fees take toll, a Rescuing Illinois report reveals.

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