Please join the Better Government Association online Tuesday, July 14, for the 2020 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting. In a virtual video ceremony at, we will present three awards to journalists or teams whose stories reveal officials’ corruption, waste, inefficiency, mistreatment and mismanagement. Highlights include: Video highlights from the stories of five […]
Online registration for this event has closed."Term Limits for Illinois" will bring together political and policy experts to examine key questions surrounding term limits: How they've worked in other places; whether they're a good idea for Illinois and local communities; and what it would take to make them a reality in Illinois. Representatives of both […]
Illinois turns 200 years old this December, and to honor the occasion, the Better Government Association and The State Journal-Register are asking experts on three crucial topics — Transportation, Technology and Gender Equity — to help us whiteboard the future: What needs to be done to make Illinois a leader?
At the 2019 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting, the BGA will honor the best reporting in our state and host a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh, known for his exposé of the massacre in My Lai, Vietnam as well as exposing atrocities at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT. >> YOU CAN STILL SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE BGA BY MAKING A DONATION WHAT: The Onion LIVEWHERE: Paris Club 59 West Hubbard StreetWHEN: Tuesday, July 31 6:00pm-9:00pmWHO: Emceed by WGN TV's Larry Potash and Robin Baumgarten, featuring special performances by IL Lt. Governor Sheila Simon and The Onion Players […]
Lara Logan introduced by Sun-Times Chairman Michael Ferro.Civic Achievement Award: Judge James Zagel Introduction by Chairman of Kroll Advisory Solutions and former NYC & LA police chief, William Bratton. Lifetime Achievement […]
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