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A Conversation With BGA President David Greising and Chicago's Inspector General Deborah Witzburg

A Conversation With BGA President David Greising and Chicago's Inspector General Deborah Witzburg

D. Carroll Joynes Accepts the 2024 Daniel L. Goodwin Watchdog Award

D. Carroll Joynes Accepts the 2024 Daniel L. Goodwin Watchdog Award

Cómo Presentar Una Solicitud De FOIA En Illinois

Cómo Presentar Una Solicitud De FOIA En Illinois

How to File a FOIA Request in Illinois

How to File a FOIA Request in Illinois

Out of the Shadows: Why Court Transparency Matters

Out of the Shadows: Why Court Transparency Matters

A conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones

A conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones

2024 Beyond the Byline: Featuring the Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting

2024 Beyond the Byline: Featuring the Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting

Building Bridges: Community Collaboration and Journalism Panel

Building Bridges: Community Collaboration and Journalism Panel

2024 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Journalism Finalists

2024 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Journalism Finalists

2024 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting 20th Anniversary Tribute

2024 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting 20th Anniversary Tribute

Get Gov Documents: Reframing your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request

Get Gov Documents: Reframing your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request

Join Us for Our Second Century

Join Us for Our Second Century

Get Gov Documents: Freedom of Information Act Training

Get Gov Documents: Freedom of Information Act Training

100 Years with the BGA

100 Years with the BGA

BGA Centennial Celebration Luncheon- Michael J. Sacks is awarded the Daniel L. Goodwin Award

BGA Centennial Celebration Luncheon- Michael J. Sacks is awarded the Daniel L. Goodwin Award

BGA Centennial Luncheon Celebration- A Conversation with Jonathan Eig and Natalie Moore

BGA Centennial Luncheon Celebration- A Conversation with Jonathan Eig and Natalie Moore

2023 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Journalism

2023 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Journalism

BGA Luncheon 2022 - David Greising & Evan Osnos

BGA Luncheon 2022 - David Greising & Evan Osnos

Better Government Association - Illinois Answers Project Announcement

Better Government Association - Illinois Answers Project Announcement

Better Government Association Sizzle Reel - 2022

Better Government Association Sizzle Reel - 2022

Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting 2022

Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting 2022

Battling Corruption: Understanding Chicago's Proposed Ethics Ordinance

Battling Corruption: Understanding Chicago's Proposed Ethics Ordinance

Gov. Pritzker responds to BGA report on Dr. Ezike

Gov. Pritzker responds to BGA report on Dr. Ezike

Unwritten Rules highlights: Benny Lee the road to recovery

Unwritten Rules highlights: Benny Lee the road to recovery

Unwritten Rules highlights: Era Laudermilk "Relapse is a part of recovery"

Unwritten Rules highlights: Era Laudermilk "Relapse is a part of recovery"

Unwritten Rules highlights: Kathie Kane Willis healthcare oversight

Unwritten Rules highlights: Kathie Kane Willis healthcare oversight

Unwritten Rules: Understanding Cook County’s Pattern of Dead-End Drug Arrests

Unwritten Rules: Understanding Cook County’s Pattern of Dead-End Drug Arrests

Rubenstein Interview - Washington Post

Rubenstein Interview - Washington Post

Rubenstein Interview - UChicago

Rubenstein Interview - UChicago

Rubenstein Interview - Obama Center

Rubenstein Interview - Obama Center

Rubenstein Interview - Magna Carta, Dec of Ind, Baltimore

Rubenstein Interview - Magna Carta, Dec of Ind, Baltimore

Rubenstein Interview - January 6 Distrurbances

Rubenstein Interview - January 6 Distrurbances

Rubenstein Interview - BGA and Democracy

Rubenstein Interview - BGA and Democracy

The Madigan Rule: Episode 3 - Power Over Policy

The Madigan Rule: Episode 3 - Power Over Policy

The Madigan Rule: Episode 2 - Magic Mike

The Madigan Rule: Episode 2 - Magic Mike

The Madigan Rule: Episode 1 - Up From the Garbage Truck

The Madigan Rule: Episode 1 - Up From the Garbage Truck

Better Government Association’s Character Matters 2021 Annual Luncheon

Better Government Association’s Character Matters 2021 Annual Luncheon

TRAILER: The Madigan Rule, A BGA Podcast

TRAILER: The Madigan Rule, A BGA Podcast

BGA Community Forum: Black Youth, Carjacking and the Cook County Juvenile Justice System

BGA Community Forum: Black Youth, Carjacking and the Cook County Juvenile Justice System

Ron Nixon Interviewed by David Greising (FULL INTERVIEW)

Ron Nixon Interviewed by David Greising (FULL INTERVIEW)

Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting 2021 - Live

Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting 2021 - Live

Better Government Association Live Stream

Better Government Association Live Stream

The Failures Before the Fires: Examining a Broken Oversight System

The Failures Before the Fires: Examining a Broken Oversight System

Las Fallas Antes De Los Incendios

Las Fallas Antes De Los Incendios

The Failures Before the Fires

The Failures Before the Fires

BGA Headlines 2020

BGA Headlines 2020

BGA 2020 - Fighting for Better Government

BGA 2020 - Fighting for Better Government

Reporting During COVID: A Zoom Conversation with the Better Government Association’s Reporters

Reporting During COVID: A Zoom Conversation with the Better Government Association’s Reporters

Richard H. Driehaus Awards for Investigative Reporting 2020

Richard H. Driehaus Awards for Investigative Reporting 2020

Richard H. Driehaus Awards for Investigative Reporting 2020 - Live

Richard H. Driehaus Awards for Investigative Reporting 2020 - Live

Open or Shut Case: COVID 19 and the Fight for Public Records

Open or Shut Case: COVID 19 and the Fight for Public Records

City releases bodycam footage of ex-CPD Supt. Eddie Johnson apparently asleep in vehicle | Raw Video

City releases bodycam footage of ex-CPD Supt. Eddie Johnson apparently asleep in vehicle | Raw Video

Thank You

Thank You

From Our President

From Our President

2019 at the BGA

2019 at the BGA

Andy Shaw Tribute. The 2019 Daniel L. Goodwin Watchdog Award Honoree.

Andy Shaw Tribute. The 2019 Daniel L. Goodwin Watchdog Award Honoree.

BGA Membership Video

BGA Membership Video

Christie Hefner Honored with 2018 Daniel L. Goodwin Watchdog Award

Christie Hefner Honored with 2018 Daniel L. Goodwin Watchdog Award

How neglected elevators affect seniors living in Chicago public housing

How neglected elevators affect seniors living in Chicago public housing

Listen to a 911 call from inside a malfunctioning elevator at CHA’s Zelda Ormes Apartments

Listen to a 911 call from inside a malfunctioning elevator at CHA’s Zelda Ormes Apartments

Finalists montage | 2018 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards For Investigative Reporting

Finalists montage | 2018 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards For Investigative Reporting

Newsrooms, Newspapers and Newspeople: The Best Journalism Scenes in Film

Newsrooms, Newspapers and Newspeople: The Best Journalism Scenes in Film

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel touts award from Aspen Institute

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel touts award from Aspen Institute

How City Colleges of Chicago Manufactures Results

How City Colleges of Chicago Manufactures Results

Daniel L. Goodwin Watchdog Award Ceremony 2017

Daniel L. Goodwin Watchdog Award Ceremony 2017

Truth to Power

Truth to Power

BGA Idea Forum | The Future of News, Springfield: Covering the Capitol

BGA Idea Forum | The Future of News, Springfield: Covering the Capitol

Marty Baron on "The Future of News" | 2017 Driehaus Awards

Marty Baron on "The Future of News" | 2017 Driehaus Awards

Code Of Silence

Code Of Silence

Jail Deaths

Jail Deaths

Suffering in Secret

Suffering in Secret

Daughter's death inspires parents to advocate for patient safety | BGA report

Daughter's death inspires parents to advocate for patient safety | BGA report

A BGA CANDID CONVERSATION: KURT SUMMERS, CHICAGO'S CITY TREASURER

A BGA CANDID CONVERSATION: KURT SUMMERS, CHICAGO'S CITY TREASURER

Jim Edgar, Chris Kennedy Talk Elections At 2016 BGA Springfield Luncheon

Jim Edgar, Chris Kennedy Talk Elections At 2016 BGA Springfield Luncheon

Daniel L. Goodwin accepts BGA Watchdog Award At Annual Luncheon

Daniel L. Goodwin accepts BGA Watchdog Award At Annual Luncheon

NBC's Chuck Todd Addresses 2016 BGA Annual Luncheon

NBC's Chuck Todd Addresses 2016 BGA Annual Luncheon

Justice, Illinois: Officer misconduct

Justice, Illinois: Officer misconduct

Andy's take on Blago's resentencing

Andy's take on Blago's resentencing

David Mendell on the aftermath of the Blagojevich administration

David Mendell on the aftermath of the Blagojevich administration

Video gambling at public golf courses

Video gambling at public golf courses

Will's Sports Bar: Noisy Neighbor

Will's Sports Bar: Noisy Neighbor

After the CHA Plan for Transformation

After the CHA Plan for Transformation

CHA: Section 8 stories

CHA: Section 8 stories

606 Trail: Changes

606 Trail: Changes

The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation 2016 Awards for Investigative Reporting

The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation 2016 Awards for Investigative Reporting

Spotlight: Inside the Church with the Boston Globe's Spotlight Team

Spotlight: Inside the Church with the Boston Globe's Spotlight Team

Spotlight: Inside the Investigation with the Boston Globe's Spotlight Team

Spotlight: Inside the Investigation with the Boston Globe's Spotlight Team

Spotlight: Inside the Movie with the Boston Globe's Spotlight Team

Spotlight: Inside the Movie with the Boston Globe's Spotlight Team

Violation of Trust

Violation of Trust

Sixteen Shots

Sixteen Shots

Inside IPRA

Inside IPRA

Cook County Jail guard beating prisoner

Cook County Jail guard beating prisoner

Dan on Downsizing in DuPage: A BGA Candid Conversation

Dan on Downsizing in DuPage: A BGA Candid Conversation

UAL 734

UAL 734

UAL734 1 22 16 1157 MA

UAL734 1 22 16 1157 MA

UAL 1977 excursion RWY 27R 12 30 15

UAL 1977 excursion RWY 27R 12 30 15

Video Shows Off-Duty McCook Cop In Casino Brawl - 2

Video Shows Off-Duty McCook Cop In Casino Brawl - 2

Video Shows Off-Duty McCook Cop In Casino Brawl

Video Shows Off-Duty McCook Cop In Casino Brawl

Video in Police Perjury Case

Video in Police Perjury Case

Chicago Police Shooting Cedrick Chatman Full Video

Chicago Police Shooting Cedrick Chatman Full Video

Dog Choked, Dragged At Chicago City Pound

Dog Choked, Dragged At Chicago City Pound

Davenport police

Davenport police

Laquan McDonald 8

Laquan McDonald 8

Laquan McDonald 5

Laquan McDonald 5

Laquan McDonald 4

Laquan McDonald 4

Laquan McDonald 3

Laquan McDonald 3

Laquan McDonald 7

Laquan McDonald 7

Laquan McDonald 2

Laquan McDonald 2

Laquan McDonald 1

Laquan McDonald 1

Fox Lake police 3

Fox Lake police 3

Fox Lake police 2

Fox Lake police 2

Fox Lake police 1

Fox Lake police 1

BGA Idea Forum: Who Should Draw Illinois' Political Map?

BGA Idea Forum: Who Should Draw Illinois' Political Map?

Zach Fardon at the 2015 BGA Annual Luncheon

Zach Fardon at the 2015 BGA Annual Luncheon

Andy Shaw at the 2015 BGA Luncheon

Andy Shaw at the 2015 BGA Luncheon

A BGA Candid Conversation With Toni Preckwinkle

A BGA Candid Conversation With Toni Preckwinkle

BGA Judy Stevens City Council Testimony October 14, 2015

BGA Judy Stevens City Council Testimony October 14, 2015

BGA's Andy Shaw Conversation with Dave Muir 2015 Annual Luncheon

BGA's Andy Shaw Conversation with Dave Muir 2015 Annual Luncheon

BGA: What will I do with the time I have

BGA: What will I do with the time I have

BGA's Sarah Karp 5 Question About Barbara Byrd-Bennett Investigation

BGA's Sarah Karp 5 Question About Barbara Byrd-Bennett Investigation

BGA: O'Hare's New Noise Problem

BGA: O'Hare's New Noise Problem

How Hackers are Changing Government trailer

How Hackers are Changing Government trailer

BGA: How Hackers are Changing Government

BGA: How Hackers are Changing Government

Bill Keller Interview

Bill Keller Interview

BGA Springfield FOIA: Facts & Friction - Q&A

BGA Springfield FOIA: Facts & Friction - Q&A

BGA Springfield FOIA: Facts & Friction

BGA Springfield FOIA: Facts & Friction

BGA Jesus "Chuy" Garcia Interview

BGA Jesus "Chuy" Garcia Interview

Robert Healy after a recent court hearing.

Robert Healy after a recent court hearing.

Rauner Talks Budget Reform At BGA's Springfield Event

Rauner Talks Budget Reform At BGA's Springfield Event

Ex-Chicago Police Detective Pleads the Fifth

Ex-Chicago Police Detective Pleads the Fifth

Watson's Hoop Dee Do!

Watson's Hoop Dee Do!

Abner Mikva on What's Wrong with Today's Politics

Abner Mikva on What's Wrong with Today's Politics

Abner Mikva on why he wasn't named to the U.S. Supreme Court

Abner Mikva on why he wasn't named to the U.S. Supreme Court

Abner Mikva on Chicago Mayors

Abner Mikva on Chicago Mayors

Chicago's Abner Mikva Compares Presidents Clinton and Obama

Chicago's Abner Mikva Compares Presidents Clinton and Obama

Abner Mikva Tells BGA About His Most Important Bill

Abner Mikva Tells BGA About His Most Important Bill

Nobody Nobody Sent: Abner Mikva on the Famous Chicago Saying

Nobody Nobody Sent: Abner Mikva on the Famous Chicago Saying

Abner Mikva's Funny Story About His First Bill

Abner Mikva's Funny Story About His First Bill

Exclusive BGA Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Interview

Exclusive BGA Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Interview

Watson the Watchdog appears at PAWS Fur Ball

Watson the Watchdog appears at PAWS Fur Ball

BGA Thanks Media Partners, Honors Chicago Sun-Times

BGA Thanks Media Partners, Honors Chicago Sun-Times

The BGA introduces Watson the Watchdog

The BGA introduces Watson the Watchdog

David Gregory at the 2014 Annual Luncheon Part 3

David Gregory at the 2014 Annual Luncheon Part 3

David Gregory at the 2014 Annual Luncheon Part 2

David Gregory at the 2014 Annual Luncheon Part 2

David Gregory at the 2014 Annual Luncheon Part 1

David Gregory at the 2014 Annual Luncheon Part 1

Airfield Activity At Chicago Executive Airport

Airfield Activity At Chicago Executive Airport

Video Shows Lynwood Cop Allegedly Hit Handcuffed Suspect

Video Shows Lynwood Cop Allegedly Hit Handcuffed Suspect

Shawn Boburg tells story behind "Bridgegate"

Shawn Boburg tells story behind "Bridgegate"

BGA Presses IDOT Secretary about Clout Hiring

BGA Presses IDOT Secretary about Clout Hiring

Citizen Watchdog Training

Citizen Watchdog Training

"Smart Streamlining" Idea Forum

"Smart Streamlining" Idea Forum

Andy Shaw joins Bill Cameron on Connected to Chicago - December 22, 2013

Andy Shaw joins Bill Cameron on Connected to Chicago - December 22, 2013

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retirement Fund board meeting

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retirement Fund board meeting

NBC's Lester Holt speaks at Better Government Association 90th Anniversary Luncheon

NBC's Lester Holt speaks at Better Government Association 90th Anniversary Luncheon

Patrick Fitzgerald speaks at Better Government Association 90th Anniversary Luncheon

Patrick Fitzgerald speaks at Better Government Association 90th Anniversary Luncheon

Tri-State Fire Protection District board meeting

Tri-State Fire Protection District board meeting

BGA-Alper Services Integrity Index Event

BGA-Alper Services Integrity Index Event

BGA Watchdog Training: Bridgeport

BGA Watchdog Training: Bridgeport

NO MORE PARKING METER DEALS—OPEN UP PRIVATIZATION PROCESS NOW!

NO MORE PARKING METER DEALS—OPEN UP PRIVATIZATION PROCESS NOW!

ABC's Chris Bury on Investigative Journalism

ABC's Chris Bury on Investigative Journalism

BGA Honors Kirkland & Ellis LLP

BGA Honors Kirkland & Ellis LLP

2012 BGA Annual Luncheon

2012 BGA Annual Luncheon

BGA: We're Watching (2010)

BGA: We're Watching (2010)

Justice John Paul Stevens at the 2010 BGA Annual Award Luncheon

Justice John Paul Stevens at the 2010 BGA Annual Award Luncheon

BGA Live: Mayor Rahm Emanuel & Andy Shaw

BGA Live: Mayor Rahm Emanuel & Andy Shaw

Judge Ann Williams at the 2010 BGA Annual Award Luncheon

Judge Ann Williams at the 2010 BGA Annual Award Luncheon

BGA Executive Director Andy Shaw at the 2010 BGA Annual Award Luncheon

BGA Executive Director Andy Shaw at the 2010 BGA Annual Award Luncheon

BGA Investigative Journalism Roundtable 2011

BGA Investigative Journalism Roundtable 2011

BGA Citizen Watchdogs of Education

BGA Citizen Watchdogs of Education

What is the Illinois Open Meetings Act (OMA)?

What is the Illinois Open Meetings Act (OMA)?

The Illinois Open Meetings Act (OMA): Rules and Regulations

The Illinois Open Meetings Act (OMA): Rules and Regulations

The Illinois Open Meetings Act (OMA): Violations of OMA

The Illinois Open Meetings Act (OMA): Violations of OMA

Wrongful Conviction Press Conference 10-03-11

Wrongful Conviction Press Conference 10-03-11

John Conroy Testimony at Oct. 2011 IL Senate Hearing on Wrongful Convictions

John Conroy Testimony at Oct. 2011 IL Senate Hearing on Wrongful Convictions

Part 1: Views on Townships

Part 1: Views on Townships

Part 2: Roles of Townships: Roads

Part 2: Roles of Townships: Roads

Part 3: Roles of Townships: Assessors

Part 3: Roles of Townships: Assessors

Part 4: Roles of Townships: Finances

Part 4: Roles of Townships: Finances

Part 5: The Impact on the Citizen

Part 5: The Impact on the Citizen

FOIA Video Part 3: I've Been Denied

FOIA Video Part 3: I've Been Denied

FOIA Video Part 2: Teach Me to FOIA

FOIA Video Part 2: Teach Me to FOIA

FOIA Video Part 1: What is FOIA?

FOIA Video Part 1: What is FOIA?

Reids Video

Reids Video

Part 1: Fixing Illinois' Public Pensions

Part 1: Fixing Illinois' Public Pensions

Part 2: Fixing Illinois' Public Pensions

Part 2: Fixing Illinois' Public Pensions

Part 3: Fixing Illinois' Public Pensions

Part 3: Fixing Illinois' Public Pensions

Part 4: Fixing Illinois' Public Pensions

Part 4: Fixing Illinois' Public Pensions

Kara Kenney Accepts Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Investigative Reporting 2012

Kara Kenney Accepts Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Investigative Reporting 2012

Gina Barton Accepts Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Investigative Reporting 2012

Gina Barton Accepts Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Investigative Reporting 2012

WGN's Mark Suppelsa Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Investigative Reporting

WGN's Mark Suppelsa Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Investigative Reporting

ABC's Brian Ross Speaks on Investigative Reporting

ABC's Brian Ross Speaks on Investigative Reporting

Andy Shaw joins Bill Cameron on Connected to Chicago

Andy Shaw joins Bill Cameron on Connected to Chicago

May 7th Pension Forum: Part 4

May 7th Pension Forum: Part 4

May 7th Pension Forum: Part 3

May 7th Pension Forum: Part 3

(Part 1) Improving Judicial Selection: Are We Ready for Reform?

(Part 1) Improving Judicial Selection: Are We Ready for Reform?

May 7th Pension Forum: Part 2

May 7th Pension Forum: Part 2

May 7th Pension Forum: Part 1

May 7th Pension Forum: Part 1

(Part 2) Improving Judicial Selection: Are We Ready for Reform?

(Part 2) Improving Judicial Selection: Are We Ready for Reform?

(Part 3) Improving Judicial Selection: Are We Ready for Reform?

(Part 3) Improving Judicial Selection: Are We Ready for Reform?

BGA 2012 Annual Luncheon: Andy Shaw

BGA 2012 Annual Luncheon: Andy Shaw