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Too many school district in Illinois? What you should know about school consolidation
It is no secret that Illinois is home to the greatest number of government units in the nation, nearly 7,000.
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BGA: "Ready, Set, Gov" Podcast: Broken City with Jamie Kalven of The Invisible
We talk about policing, violence, and justice with Jamie Kalven, the reporter who first broke the story of the Laquan McDonald shooting and the founder of the Invisible Institute.
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Bettergov: Fact check Rauner says legionella is in most of Illinois but to what extent
In 2015, during Bruce Rauner’s first year as governor, a virulent outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at the state-run Illinois Veterans’ Home in downstate Quincy killed 12 residents and sickened dozens of others.
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Doubek: Who's assessing the assessor? Voters are, on their own.
We’re just a couple months from the March 20th primary when Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios will face two Democratic challengers, Fritz Kaegi and Andrea Raila.
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BGA SHAW: WHEN GOVERNMENT "PULLS A LUCY"
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BGA: NINE NEW ILLINOIS LAWS TO KNOW IN 2018
NINE NEW ILLINOIS LAWS TO KNOW IN 2018
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BGA’s Shaw: Local government consolidation would save tax money, improve lives
Better Government Association (BGA) President and CEO Andy Shaw is hopeful the tide is finally turning against Illinois’ many and overlapping units of government, according to a recent opinion piece published on the group’s website.
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Lawmakers need to do more to prevent harassment, Better Government Association director says
The Better Government Association’s (BGA) Madeleine Doubek recently penned a scathing piece for the group’s website on Illinois lawmakers’ efforts to stem sexual harassment and other ethical breaches in the General Assembly.
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Madigan accused of lying when he said state ethics office was 'functioning'
As debate over reforms to deal with sexual harassment complaints swirled in Springfield, House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) appears to have clouded the issue by saying the process to investigate those complaints was
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Analysis backs Holcomb on job growth: Indiana rocks, Illinois rolls over
The latest ad touting Gov. Bruce Rauner's re-election campaign is certainly unusual, but truth can be stranger than fiction.
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Amazon-type 'sweetheart deals' often lead to kissing cash goodbye, group contends
Amazon’s recent announcement that it was searching for a new headquarters got interested cities across the country scrambling to put together incentives to lure the retail giant, according to Leanna Garfield’s article in Business Insider.
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High cost, unclear future seen in Rauner plan to give low-income students private education
Illinois has implemented a tax scholarship school plan that utilizes state resources to underwrite private school enrollment in the hope of saving the cash-strapped state money over the long haul.
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Latest laws take some pension pain from Illinois, policy analyst says
The budget package passed in July stands to exacerbate Illinois’ worst-in-the-country pension debts, but some lawmakers are fighting to make strides against future debt, according to Madeleine Doubek, policy director of the Better Government Association.
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Local Illinois governmental units get go-ahead to consolidate
Amid the more-controversial debates going on in the state Legislature the last few months, one important measure that drew little comment could be a major factor in reforming Illinois, the Better Government Association (BGA) contended recently.