Results & Reforms

The joint investigation by the Better Government Association and WBEZ, “Taking Cover,” was honored by the Online News Association at the 2018 Online Journalism Awards.

The decision could make it hard for private entities that have assumed government duties to block public access to their records.

HB 3796, a bill opposed by the BGA policy team, other open government advocates and Attorney General Lisa Madigan, is vetoed by Gov. Pat Quinn because it would have weakened the Illinois Freedom of Information Act.

Several groups, including the BGA, fight back legislation that would have significantly weakened the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, the state’s public records law.

Amid questions by the BGA about whether he was performing his full duties for full pay, Calumet City’s municipal inspector general abruptly quits.

Following several BGA investigations on potentially illegal patronage hiring at the Illinois Department of Transportation, the head of the agency resigns under fire.

Following BGA/CBS2 investigation, suburban school treasurer is charged with stealing more than $1.5 million in taxpayer money.

Gov. Pat Quinn is cutting dozens of unnecessary or redundant boards and commissions, following BGA investigations into Illinois’ proliferation of costly and underutilized state panels.

Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law a landmark reform bill backed by the Better Government Association’s policy team, lawmakers and criminal justice advocates.