Tag: Follow the Money

Co-owner of bitcoin-linked sites settles SEC case

Marcy Gordon · June 3, 2014 11:30 pm

Charter school founder accused of diverting funds

Washington Examiner · June 3, 2014 5:22 pm

The United States has spent billions to train the Afghan National Police Ã¢â¬" and the money used to pay them may be going to the wrong people.ÃÂ (Thinkstock Image)

Millions in salaries meant for Afghan police may be going to the wrong people: Report

Kelly Cohen · June 2, 2014 9:15 pm

SEC: Chicago school operator defrauded investors

Washington Examiner · June 2, 2014 6:34 pm

Designated as Ã¢â¬Åmanufacturing communities,Ã¢â¬Ã¯Â¿Â½ the Commerce Department stated that each region is part of a federal initiative to "help communities attract and expand private investment in the manufacturing sector and increase international trade and exports." (AP Photo)

Commerce Department sees Rahm Emanuel’s Chicago as a ‘manufacturing center’

Josh Peterson · June 2, 2014 2:15 pm

Audit: $12.3M Illinois Medicaid benefits to dead

Carla Johnson · May 29, 2014 9:38 pm

Gift exception ceiling expands for federal employees

Kelly Cohen · May 28, 2014 4:10 pm

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Nashville judges ask for raise when facing budget cut

Kelly Cohen · May 28, 2014 3:41 pm

Audit: NYC special ed school overbilled state

Washington Examiner · May 28, 2014 3:37 pm

Officials are struggling with the implications of the new law, including its price tag and collecting and organizing the online documents. (Thinkstock)

Virginia government transparency law may face challenges

Kelly Cohen · May 27, 2014 7:54 pm

Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown is applauded by supporters during a news conference in 2006. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Chicago court clerk gives campaign cash to her office’s former internal watchdog

Kelly Cohen · May 26, 2014 7:16 pm

Taxpayers paid nearly $600,000 to rehab this three-bedroom, two-bathroom house at 4419 N. Kimball Ave. in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood with amenities like granite countertops and hardwood floors -- and it wound up selling for less than $200,000, an investigation by the Chicago Reporter found. More was spent on this single home than on rehabbing homes in the entire Roseland neighborhood, the Reporter found. (Photo: SpotProperty)

HUD money puts ‘luxury finishes’ on houses while Chicago’s hard-hit neighborhoods suffer

Kelly Cohen · May 26, 2014 1:46 pm