SPRINGFIELD – Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly this week fast-tracked the approval of their party’s appointee to the watchdog position tasked with investigating lawmaker…
The last day on the job for the Legislative Inspector General Carol Pope was Thursday, Jan. 6 The office will be vacant on Friday. “We have to reeducate ourselves to fight the corruption…
SPRINGFIELD – The House sponsor of a long-debated ethics bill that failed in the House last week said she will bring it up for another vote if lawmakers come back to the Capitol within…
SPRINGFIELD – Shortly after 1 a.m. Tuesday, June 1, the Illinois Senate passed a bill aiming to improve ethics standards for elected officials after it was filed just hours earlier….
SPRINGFIELD — Top officials from Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration claimed Thursday, May 13 that they were misled by leadership at the state Department of Veterans’ Affairs…
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House on Thursday, Sept. 9 voted to accept changes to an ethics bill that Gov. J.B. Pritzker had requested, paving the way for it to become law once the…
SPRINGFIELD – Republican lawmakers in Illinois are renewing their call for ethics reform following the resignation Wednesday, July 14 of the General Assembly’s top watchdog, Legislative…
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Senate is gearing up for a debate over a package of ethics reforms, possibly as early as this week, but it’s one that Republicans say doesn’t go far…
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CHICAGO – In fall 2018, longtime former State Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie ...
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Cases of norovirus, or the stomach bug, have been reported going through ...
Transit agencies seek state help ...
CHICAGO – Officials with the state’s largest transit agencies met with lawmakers ...
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I came across an old Irish rhyme that goes: “Boxty on the ...
