In criticizing Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s violence-prevention record, President Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani flubs his numbers.
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BGA, Chicago Sun-Times Form Exclusive Multi-Platform PolitiFact Partnership
Ahead of historic 2018 elections, BGA’s fact-checking service teams up weekly with the Sun-Times, in print and online.
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Fed-up Residents on South, West Sides Fight City Hall Over Influx of Polluting Industries
Residents protest distribution centers, a metal scrap recycling plant and an asphalt maker — businesses other communities shun. The city has to change the way it permits heavy industry from locating near schools, parks and homes, they say.
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Fact-Check: Pritzker Called Illinois’ Workforce the Nation’s Most Educated. He’s Wrong.
In praising the state for its ability to attract business, Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker stretches the truth about the educational accomplishments of Illinois’ workforce.
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BGA Honored With National Award For Environmental Reporting
Series on the nuclear industry ‘Power Struggle’ recognized by Society of Environmental Journalists.
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Fact-Check: No, Chicago’s Pre-K Program Is Not in Decline
Overall preschool enrollment has dipped under Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. But that’s an incomplete measure of the city’s program, which has increased more in-demand, full-day opportunities substantially since he took office.
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Podcast: Digital Government in Illinois, Part 2: Can Illinois Be More Like Estonia?
Imagine paying your taxes with the click of a button, never having to wait in line at the DMV, and voting from the comfort of your own home. That’s how Estonians do it. On this episode of Ready Set Gov, we talk to Anna Piperal, Managing Editor of e-Estonia, on all things digital government in Estonia.
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Fact-Check: Was Rauner’s First Term a Dry Spell for Jobs? No.
Pritzker’s running mate Stratton says employment flatlined under Rauner. But federal jobs data—and her campaign’s own response—tell a different story.
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How BGA Took Its Story on Failing CHA Elevators Offline to Reach Seniors in Public Housing
We realized many seniors living in Chicago public housing might not ever see our story about the failing elevators in their buildings. So we brought the story to them.
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Fact-Check: Emanuel Wrong Again on Chicago Jobs
The mayor’s latest claim about Chicago’s workforce holds up no better to the facts than a similar one he made early this year. Not surprisingly, there were more workers and jobs in the city decades ago when the population was much greater.
