Secret emails at University of Illinois show need for reformed FOIA requirements

By Jeffrey Schwab

08/13/2015

Governments and government agencies should adopt policies that prohibit officials from using their personal email addresses to conduct government business.

TAGS: FOIA: Freedom of Information Act

What happens when public unions control everything for decades? Just look at Chicago and Illinois

07/27/2015

The status quo has clearly failed residents in the Windy City and statewide.

Corruption Watch: April 2015

By Shawn Tonge

05/08/2015

April saw two major players in Illinois education ensnared in charges of cronyism, among more than 60 other corruption-related stories.

TAGS: good government

Want to fix Illinois’ economic development agency? Put it out to pasture

By Hilary Gowins

05/04/2015

For more than a decade, Illinois has been giving select businesses many millions of dollars more in tax credits than the law allows.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, DCEO: Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, EDGE: Economic Development for a Growing Economy, jobs, public private partnership

Illinois Senate to vote on historic transparency bill

By Jim Long

05/01/2015

House Bill 2717 is the type of good-government reform Illinoisans are thirsting for.

Closing imaginary loopholes in Illinois’ public-records law

By David Giuliani

04/24/2015

While the Freedom of Information Act is abundantly clear, secrecy-obsessed bureaucrats often claim exemption.

TAGS: College of DuPage, FOIA: Freedom of Information Act

Corruption watch: March 2015

By Shawn Tonge

04/08/2015

April showers bring May flowers, but all March gave us was 53 new corruption stories in Illinois.

TAGS: good government

Good government bill could mark turning point in statewide transparency

By Heather Weiner

04/06/2015

HB 2717 would give taxpayers access to spending and decision-making documents

TAGS: good government

Call waiting: Chicago Police Department refusing to release cellphone-tracking info

By Bryant Jackson-Green

03/31/2015

The Chicago Police Department is refusing to disclose information regarding its use of covert cellphone-tracking devices, which can intercept the personal information of innocent bystanders.

TAGS: Chicago, CPD: Chicago Police Department

Preventing the next College of DuPage scandal: Transparency bills seek better online access

By Jim Long

03/21/2015

New bills aims to deliver on campaign promises of greater government transparency.

TAGS: College of DuPage, good government

Freedom of Information Act

Secret emails at University of Illinois show need for reformed FOIA requirements

What happens when public unions control everything for decades? Just look at Chicago and Illinois

Corruption Watch: April 2015

Want to fix Illinois’ economic development agency? Put it out to pasture

Illinois Senate to vote on historic transparency bill

Closing imaginary loopholes in Illinois’ public-records law

Corruption watch: March 2015

Good government bill could mark turning point in statewide transparency

Call waiting: Chicago Police Department refusing to release cellphone-tracking info

Preventing the next College of DuPage scandal: Transparency bills seek better online access

Chicago Forward 2026: A pro-growth plan to end city budget deficits

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Diana Graham

Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students