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Former Chicago Sun-Times editor joins 2022 Pulitzer-winning newsroom.

(The Center Square) – The head of the Better Government Association told the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University that Illinois has a culture of corruption and the governor missed a chance to change it. ...

The Better Government Association has named eight investigative projects as finalists for the 2022 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting.

Tribune reporter Cecilia Reyes and BGA reporter Madison Hopkins collaborated on "The Failures Before the Fires," a two-year investigation called "a piercing examination of the citys long history of failed building- and fire-safety code enforcement, which let scofflaw landlords commit serious violations that resulted in dozens of unnecessary deaths."

Robservations on the media beat: The Chicago Tribune and the Better Government Association shared the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting Monday. Tribune re

Cecilia Reyes and Madison Hopkins win top prize for their powerful and painstaking investigation into fatal Chicago fires.

The win comes more than 40 years after BGA nearly won a Pulitzer for opening a fake bar with the Chicago Sun-Times to uncover corruption

The Better Government Association has won a Pulitzer Prize for its investigative stories with The Chicago Tribune that exposed the failure of Chicago city officials to keep tenants safe from deadly fires in dangerous residential buildings.

“It helps the player to be named later,” said Peter Giangreco, a political strategist whose client, U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, joined former U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan in passing up a run against Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

The changes include ending the privilege that has allowed former Council members-turned-lobbyists to work the floor during City Council meetings and a big increase in potential fines.