‘Essentially a paper tiger’: BGA digs into resignation of the legislative inspector general

The BGA found that recent Chicago IG investigations have looked into failures of the Chicago Police Department during the George Floyd disturbances and racial bias in the gang crimes database. They have debunked Rahm Emanuel's claims about saving $11M from the city's switch to a grid-based garbage collection system. They've exposed corruption in contracting for red-light cameras. By contrast, the LIG has published findings in only nine cases since the office was formed in 2003.

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