A BGA/Crain’s analysis of where Cook County sheriff’s department employees live shows a high concentration in or near the 19th Ward—home turf of Sheriff Tom Dart.
Investigations
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FBI Informant Dishes on McHenry County Sheriff’s Office; Feds Take Pass
On and off for three years, the FBI used a McHenry County sheriff’s deputy as a confidential informant—now he’s worried about losing his job.
Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability
State Investigating Oak Brook Mayor’s Full-Time Job
The drama in Oak Brook continues. In addition to serving as part-time village president, John Craig has a full-time job with the state that pays $64,000 a year. But is he putting in a full day’s work?
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The Chicago Park District Desperately Needs Some Internal Landscaping
The Chicago Park District isn’t all fun and games—unless you’re a bureaucrat there, and then it’s an endless game of duck-and-dodge.
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Chicago Taxpayers Send Teachers To Vegas Resort
BGA and CBS 2 Investigators uncover questionable spending by a Chicago grade school. (Image courtesy 123 Chroma Pixels/Flickr)
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County Treasurer Spends
In its third report on questionable spending, CBS 2 and the BGA shine a light on how your taxpayer dollars are being spent by Maria Pappas’ administration.
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Austin BGA Citizen Watchdogs Sound Alarm Over Slow 911 Responses
Most people hope the police will respond in a matter of minutes when dialing 911. But some residents of Chicago’s West Side Austin neighborhood just hope they’ll see a police car at all.
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Law Firm Donates to DuPage Board members, Wins contract
Nine of the 15 DuPage County Board members who approved a no-bid contract for an Itasca law firm to help redraw the county’s electoral boundaries have accepted campaign contributions from the group or its attorneys.
Posted inCriminal Justice & Public Safety
Who Polices the Police? John Conroy Reflects on The Jon Burge Trial
The Jon Burge torture scandal is a saga, now nearly 40 years old, of city, county, and federal government failure. BGA senior investigator John Conroy, who was instrumental in exposing the torture, reflects on the law enforcement officials who exceeded their authority, the prosecutors who did nothing about it, the elected officials who turned a deaf ear, and the costs incurred
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Treasurer Pappas Cuts ‘Party Planners’ In Wake of Investigation
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas is making some big changes after the recent BGA/CBS 2 investigation
