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Kudos to Bob Grogan indeed - see this letter to the editor in the Daily Herald. Tower Lakes resident, Michael Woloshin, makes a crucial point and one you should ask of your own local government (and representatives in the legislature)!!…

The County of DuPage has made itself the first county in Illinois to implement transparency and post all expenditures online in an itemized database. This marks a positive step in the direction of good government, and other counties should follow …

I was a little bit surprised to see the News-Gazette headline, “Champaigne County Web site called second most open in the state,” came in on my feeds this morning. Then I remembered that being the second most open county in …

Perhaps if Champaign County were transparent… this could have been stopped before it started.

Basically…

ChampaignCounty Auditor Tony Fabri said he’s blocking payment to B & R Contracting of Villa Grove for some work on the remodeling project.

Fabri …

Tim Waldorf of the Naperville Sun is shedding some light on the salaries of top paid public employees in Naperville. Also of interest is the comparison of the top paid employees of Dupage County and Will County.

Who ranks at …

To understand why we need transparency in Illinois government, and Cook County in particular, read this article from the Chicago Tribune discussing the rampant political hiring and promotions in Cook County.

This story provides some reasons for why we need …

Are there signs of light in Cook County? The County Board has expressed its intent to webstream board meetings and also post contracts online. They met some resistance because of cost concerns, but as anyone who has researched transparency knows, …

Liberty Leader Dianna Visek is hard at work in Champaign. Read the News-Gazette article here for the most recent coverage of her efforts to bring more transparency to Champaign government.…

Champaign County has a problem. Its nursing home can’t seem to manage its money.

The News-Gazette reports:

[University of Illinois accounting professor] Rachel Schwartz, who has offered her services to the county unpaid, told the Champaign County Board that there …

Transparency in government isn’t always free.

For school districts, posting a check register online costs virtually nothing. And although counties, or other government entities, might have larger, initial costs to implement transparency, the benefits and eventual savings transparency offers make …