https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/bernard-schoenburg-simon-still-pushing-new-disclosure-forms/
State Journal Register The quest for government transparency — a popular phrase these days — continues to be difficult when it gets into details. I wrote a column three years ago in which Lt. Gov. SHEILA SIMON said that the…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/ferguson-stay-city-hall-watchdog/
WBEZ by: Alex Keefe It looks like Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will be stuck with City Hall’s corruption-fighting inspector general for longer than he anticipated. Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson said Wednesday he will stay in his job beyond the…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/rauner-firm-got-business-300000-donation/
Chicago Tribune Plug to pension fund followed $300,000 campaign donation to Democrat By Bob Secter, Tribune reporter Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Thursday he once put in a good word to help win pension business in his state for…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/editorial-elections-board-hurry-spike-remap-amendment/
Chicago Tribune The State Board of Elections is in a hurry to spike the remap amendment State election officials say the campaign to change how Illinois draws its legislative maps came up way short of the signatures needed to get…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/editorial-quinn-rauner-taxes/
Chicago Tribune Gov. Pat Quinn and challenger Bruce Rauner remind us, imprecisely, of the frantic masochist who wails “Beat me! Beat me!” and the smirking sadist who murmurs “No.” Here’s why: Illinois state government was having another lousy day Tuesday,…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/general-assembly-adjourns-much-undone/
WUIS 91.9 By Brian Mackey The General Assembly finished its legislative session shortly after midnight Saturday, approving a billion-dollar road construction program. Democrats started the session with an ambitious agenda: raise the minimum wage, boost college assistance for low-income students,…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/illinois-legislators-vote-pay-raise/
Quincy Journal Brady Cremeens – Illinois News Network Lawmakers will see an extra $3100 in their paychecks beginning July 1 As part of the new budget, Illinois legislators will be taking home a fatter paycheck than they have for the…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/gay-marriage-becomes-focus-governors-race/
By: Sophia Tareen and Sara Burnett, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — After weeks of focusing on Illinois’ mammoth financial problems, the governor’s race turned to the issue of same-sex marriage Monday as gay couples took vows under the state’s new…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/term-limit-push-enough-signatures-make-ballot/
By Rick Pearson, Clout Street 2:44 pm, June 2, 2014 State elections officials said today that a preliminary review of the paperwork shows that a constitutional amendment on legislative term limits backed by Republican governor nominee Bruce Rauner should have enough signatures…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/hundreds-bills-awaiting-quinns-signature/
By Maura Zurick, Tribune reporter 7:00 am, June 2, 2014 — An extension of a 2011 state income tax increase won’t be in the pile of measures that made it to Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk, but among the hundreds of bills that…
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