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…
Read More“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…
Read MoreOn 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…
Read MoreRFI senior advisor David Melton spoke to the Chicago Tribune about Chicago’s ex-mayors’ police protection. Read the article here.
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RFI Policy Director Alisa Kaplan spoke to WGN TV about recent questions raised about Illinois senator Martin Sandoval’s side businesses. Watch the WGN segment here.
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RFI Policy Director Alisa Kaplan is quoted in this Chicago Sun-Times editorial about campaign donations to embattled Illinois senator Martin Sandoval from companies associated with the transportation industry, which Senator Sandoval held sway over as chair of the powerful Senate…
Read More“‘We want to know who is seated at that table,” said Alisa Kaplan, policy director of the Reform for Illinois watchdog group… If we’re going to know whether Mayor Lightfoot is living up to her campaign promises about how her…
Read More“Illinois Sunshine reports that over the last several months she has made political contributions to the campaigns of Illinois State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot…” View Full Article
Read More“AFSCME Council 31 spent $5.4 million in campaign donations from 2013 to 2017, according to Illinois State Board of Elections data. From June 27 to as recently as March 28, AFSCME Council 31’s political action committee has spent $2,375,335 on…
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