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The Chicago Public Schools’ inspector general found $822,000 in questionable spending under former school board presidents Michael Scott and Rufus Williams. The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

The expenses, Inspector General James M. Sullivan wrote in a report released Monday, undercut the

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Between September 2008 and August 2010, the Spoon River Partnership for Economic Development in Canton, Illinois received a $40,000 grant as part of the Grant Management Program. This program allows the General Assembly and the Governor to give “grants …

A clout hiring scandal in Chicago’s Department of Transportation (CDOT) has led to a five-day, unpaid suspension for an engineering technician and the resignation of a Deputy Commissioner. The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

Jim Bolster was slapped with the five-day

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A state audit of a Cook County jobs training program is raising concerns about some of the program’s expenditures. The Chicago Tribune reports:

Among an audit’s 68 findings were questions about whether youths who were paid more than $1

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The Chicago Sun-Times reports that a dozen Cook County contracts are being investigated by the county’s ethics board and inspector general. Two of the contracts went to businesses that are not registered with the county or state, “a requirement of …

Using our transparency website, IllinoisOpenGov.org, I found that in fiscal year 2009, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) disbursed a $45,500 grant to the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association (IGGVA). The grant (grant #09-338000…

In fiscal year 2009, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) disbursed $67,500 of a $75,000 grant to BLH Enterprises. According to the DCEO’s Grant Tracker website, the purpose of the grant (grant number 09-442020) is …

In fiscal year 2009, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) disbursed a $750,000 grand to Peabody Investments Corp. The grant was part of the Coal Competitiveness Program which “is aimed at improving the efficiency of the Illinois …

Using our transparency website, IllinoisOpenGov.org, I found that in fiscal year 2009, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) disbursed $108,000 of a $120,000 recycling grant to Olympic Industries Inc. Olympic Industries Inc. does business as Southern Recycling …

Using our transparency website, IllinoisOpenGov.org, I found that in 2008, the Illinois Department of Transportation paid 19 deck hands a total of $956,372.48 in wages. The deck hands received average annual wages of $50,388.03, but there was a great …