RFI has filed a complaint against Lake County Board member Michael Rummel for using a PAC instead of a candidate committee to support his reelection, enabling him to collect larger contributions from donors including the billionaire Uihlein family. Read a…
“If we’re serious about fixing the corruption problem in Illinois, we have to go to its root—the money that feeds it.” Reform for Illinois Executive Director Alisa Kaplan wrote a Chicago Tribune op-ed outlining what keeps leaders like Mike Madigan in power…
On July 17, the Justice Department announced its deferred prosecution agreement with ComEd, implicating Speaker Madigan as the recipient of ComEd’s bribes. Being at the center of a scandal, however, has not led to any noticeable change in Speaker Madigan’s…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/the-reforms-needed-to-stop-the-next-madigan/
“No group should be policing themselves. You get friends policing friends, colleagues policing colleagues.” RFI Executive Director Alisa Kaplan spoke with Joe Cahill of Crain’s Chicago Business about the legislative ethics reforms we need in order to restore integrity to…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/enough-its-time-for-change/
On Friday, we learned that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is at the center of a federal investigation into a years-long bribery scheme involving the public utility ComEd. In light of these revelations, Reform for Illinois is calling for the…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/enough-time-for-change-speaker-madigan-must-resign/
On Friday, we learned that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is at the center of a federal investigation into a years-long bribery scheme involving the public utility ComEd. In light of these revelations, Reform for Illinois is calling for the…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/voting-in-a-crisis-covid-19-and-novembers-election/
No one knows what the coronavirus crisis will bring in November. While medical innovations could dim the threat of COVID-19, experts say the epidemic could persist or reignite, making an ordinary in-person election unsafe. In the shadow of chaos in Wisconsin…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/election-reform/voting-and-the-coronavirus-crisis/
https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/heavy-hitters-fled-to-lightfoot-2/
Lori Lightfoot cruised to a commanding victory in the Chicago mayoral runoff on April 2, garnering a nearly 50 point lead over Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. Her victory was fueled in part by deep-pocketed contributors who had backed…
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