The Chicago City Council's Office of Financial Analysis has produced reports with material lifted word-for-word from outside sources.

In an audio interview, Dave Glowacz talked about ideas for the city of Chicago's 2021 budget with former city budget director Paul Vallas.

The city of Chicago's spending on the COVID-19 emergency has been held to account by a little-known aldermanic working group. But its future is uncertain.

In an interview by Ben Joravsky with Dave Glowacz on the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky Show, Ben and Dave discussed the City Council's divided approval of Mayor Lori Lightfoot's 2020 budget.

In an audio interview with a budget analyst from the Chicago City Council Office of Financial Analysis, Dave Glowacz dissects a report on Mayor Lori Lightfoot's 2020 Chicago budget.

Audio of Chicagoans who gave Mayor Lori Lightfoot their advice and pleas at budget town halls that took place in September and October of 2019.

The Chicago City Council Office of Financial Analysis has made its first-ever public analysis of the city's annual Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the history and creation of Chicago city budgets—and public versus mayoral control.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the motives of Governor Bruce Rauner in insisting on government "reforms" as part of a state budget deal.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the city budget director's flawed logic about TIF districts robbing schools, and more.

Illinois' budget shortfall is due to a tax decrease that has largely benefited the wealthy, according to 39th district Rep. Will Guzzardi (D-Chicago).

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on possible collusion between bond raters, investors, and city officials—and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on school-program funding becoming dependent on test scores, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the city's budget "process," excerpted from an interview originally published on November 10, 2011.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on how and why ward remapping disposes of certain aldermen, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on who voted against the mayor's proposed infrastructure trust and why, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on whether the proposed infrastructure trust must actually comply with Freedom of Information Act regulations, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on a beginner's guide to the city's budget document, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the firefighter rebellion, and more.

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on when off-the-books tax revenues exceed on-the-books revenues, and more.