Deborah Witzburg was confirmed on April 27 as the city’s new Inspector General after the office spent more than six months in a transitory state that she and her predecessor say never should have been allowed to happen. Witzburg sat down last week with The Daily Line’s Alex Nitkin to talk about how she got involved in government oversight, how she plans to balance simultaneously investigating and collaborating with the City Council, what meaningful police reform would look like and how the process to choose her eventual successor should change so the six-month waiting period is not repeated.
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Erin and Alex on Chicago government in 2021
Bill Cameron on a half-century of ward remaps
Assessor Fritz’s Kaegi’s reelection pitch
A year of redistricting in Illinois
Building safe and connected bike lanes in Chicagoland
Joe Ferguson on Chicago’s struggle for good government
Understanding Chicago’s finances and the 2022 budget
Analyzing Illinois’ new energy law
What would defunding CPD look like?
Tackling affordable housing in Illinois
How to grow Chicago's dwindling tree canopy
Sam Toia on how to revive Chicago’s restaurant industry
The growing call for environmental justice in Chicago
Ethics reform and the Illinois legislature
Michael Shakman on the legacy of patronage in Chicago
The Debate Over an Elected School Board in Chicago
Civilian oversight of CPD: The Empowering Communities for Public Safety ordinance
The effort to end prison gerrymandering in Illinois
Incoming Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell Jr.
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