Explore the Chicago police budget and learn how the department consistently overspends its budget from 2022 to 2024.

According to OBM, those adjustments are standard accounting practice and do not need to be specified in ordinance for the ...

On Monday, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will report to federal prison. This is far more than a personal downfall. It’s proof that our current system remains vulnerable, permissive […] ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed municipal budget for the 2026 fiscal year is scheduled for release on Wed. Oct. 16, with departmental budget hearings beginning the Wednesday after. Get the ...

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A series of new lobbying priorities announced by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson at a press conference last week included tweaks to revenues the city currently receives from the state government, […] ...

For first-time watchers, Chicago’s City Council can seem incomprehensible. Most of the business is done in a routine, rapid-fire succession of votes and gavel raps, punctuated by repetitions of the ...

A BGA Policy analysis of the 16 county detention centers across Illinois has found that only three successfully have completed audits mandated by federal law to enforce protections against sexual ...

It is no secret that Illinois is home to the greatest number of government units in the nation, nearly 7,000. Following the passage of Senate Bill 3 in the summer of 2017, which made the process of ...