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 […]
The push to change the way Illinois draws its legislative map is underway as backers have since May gathered more than 400,000 signatures seeking to get a redistricting amendment on the ballot. Do you know the ins and outs of the redistricting movement and Independent Map amendment?
In an exclusive interview with Better Government Association President & CEO Andy Shaw, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle defended her move to increase the county’s sales tax and her proposed increases in taxes on hotel and motel stays and the purchases of firearms and ammunition. During the interview held at the downtown Union League […]
What effects do TIFs have on schools, businesses, and neighborhoods? How do TIFs affect you?
One year after the release of the explosive Laquan McDonald video, the BGA hosts an important discussion about the state of police reform in Chicago. What progress has been made? What problems remain?
Even if the Illinois General Assembly and the Governor reach a budget deal by May 31, there will still be a ripple effect of the year-long budget impasse and a tough road to fiscal viability. Our next BGA event in Springfield on June 20 will include a panel discussion offering firsthand accounts of the impact on health care, education, business, social services and the Springfield community in general. The event will air live on WMAY 970-AM and 94.7-FM.
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.
BGA Investigators and Media Partners Open Their Notebooks: An Evening of the Wildest Stories.Join the Young Professionals Board of the Better Government Association in celebrating the life and career of Dan Sprehe with an evening of spirited discussion about the inside workings of investigative journalism.Featured guests:Chris Fusco (Chicago Sun-Times)Dane Placko (FOX News)Pam Zekman (CBS 2 […]
Panelists: David Weisbaum Chief Deputy Director, Index Department Illinois Secretary of State Paul ThompsonLegal Counsel, Office of the Inspector GeneralIllinois Secretary of State RSVP to Emily Miller at emiller@bettergov.org
