Chicago police unions are fighting to destroy decades of complaint records

By Austin Berg

12/14/2015

Tens of thousands of Chicago police misconduct files could be purged due to lawsuits filed by police unions.

TAGS: CPD: Chicago Police Department, good government, police misconduct

Law enforcement now seizes more property from citizens than burglars

By Bryant Jackson-Green

11/25/2015

U.S. law enforcement took in more than $5 billion from the American public in 2014 through asset forfeiture, compared to the $3.5 billion lost nationally to burglary.

TAGS: civil asset forfeiture

Rauner signs law axing golden parachutes at community colleges

By Austin Berg

09/23/2015

The new law ensures public oversight of lucrative contracts, such as the one granted to embattled College of DuPage President Robert Breuder.

TAGS: College of DuPage, higher education, waste

Rauner signs law shining light on government golden parachutes

By Austin Berg

09/12/2015

The new law is designed to expose severance agreements like the one given to controversial College of DuPage President Robert Breuder.

TAGS: College of DuPage, waste

Chicago issued over 1,836 red-light camera tickets per day in last 4 years

By Hilary Gowins

08/18/2015

Chicago’s red-light cameras are merely a way for the city to extract more money from drivers; they have nothing to do with public safety.

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.

Freedom of Information Act

Chicago police unions are fighting to destroy decades of complaint records

Law enforcement now seizes more property from citizens than burglars

Rauner signs law axing golden parachutes at community colleges

Rauner signs law shining light on government golden parachutes

Chicago issued over 1,836 red-light camera tickets per day in last 4 years

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

Solutions for vacant lots would reduce crime and poverty in Chicago

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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