The Better Government Association has hired veteran Chicago journalist Alex Nitkin as its newest member to its newsroom team.
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Posted inInvestigations
City Claims on Anti-Violence Program Are Overblown
Mayor Lightfoot’s choice to lead the city’s campaign against gun-crime has a history of hyperbole, both about her efforts to confront Chicago’s greatest crisis and her own career.
Posted inABC 7 Videos
BGA Seeks To Strengthen Ethics Violation Fines, Prohibit Lobbying on Chicago City Council Floor
The Better Government Association helped draft a reform measure directed at the city’s board of ethics.
Posted inOpinion
Greising: Even With Passage of an Ethics Ordinance, Aldermanic Privilege Is Alive and Well
This marked the second time since Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was elected that a major ethics reform became law — not due to her initiative, true, but progress is progress.(Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability
Appeals Court Reinstates Lawsuit Against State Medicaid Administrators
Citing the BGA investigation ‘Milking Medicaid,’ a three-judge panel said Saint Anthony Hospital has a ‘viable’ case against a state that has refused to enforce its contracts with private insurers who manage the program.
Posted inABC 7 Videos
City Failed To Address Complaints Before Heat Wave Killed 3 Senior Residents in Rogers Park
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s claims that Chicago has the toughest gun laws in the U.S are false according to the Better Government Association.
Posted inGovernment Finance & Accountability
City Agencies Fail To Intervene Before Three Older Women Die in Uncooled Apartment Building
Tenants of the Rogers Park complex see the limitations of the city’s 311 complaint hotline as City Council adopts new rules requiring air conditioning units in senior buildings.
Posted inCriminal Justice & Public Safety
Hundreds More Black Chicagoans Are Pleading Guilty to Gun-Possession Charges. Here’s One Possible Reason Why.
As Chicago police have made more gun-possession arrests, prosecutors are using the secretive grand jury process and securing more convictions.
Posted inNews
BGA Shares National Reporting Award with Sun-Times for Project on Drug-Possession Cases
Reporting on thousands of drug-possession cases in Cook County that were quickly dismissed at great cost to many received a best non-deadline reporting award from the Society for Professional Journalists. This was a USC Annenberg National Health Reporting Fellowship project as part of The Circuit, a multi-newsroom collaboration.
Posted inNews
Winners Announced for the 2022 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards For Investigative Reporting
Reporting teams from Block Club Chicago, WBEZ, The Trace, Investigate Midwest and Harvest Public Media shared $27,000 in prizes, thanks to the generosity of the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.
