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As corruption trials continue, Illinois lobbyist reform effort pushed in General Assembly
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIllinois laws regulating lobbyists and their influence on state government have long been criticized...
Illinois election 2022: See who the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board endorsed
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe November election comes four months after the June 28 primary — the quickest turnaround since at...
Illinois Wins End to 50-Year Oversight of State Employment
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 2 years ago(Bloomberg) -- A federal appeals court in Chicago ended five decades of oversight of Illinois...
Budget, Bears, Chicago school board and ethics: Illinois legislators face busy agenda in spring...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Illinois General Assembly heads into the final scheduled week of its spring session facing unresolved issues from the budget to a proposal to help the Chicago Bears move to the suburbs, ...
Illinois may lift historic ban on building nuclear power plants as state continues transition from...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoAlready home to more nuclear power plants than any state in the nation, Illinois is on the verge of...
Legislature approves bill to tighten restrictions on red-light camera industry
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 12 months agoSPRINGFIELD — Lawmakers in Springfield have unanimously approved a measure that would place new...
Editorial: For Illinois attorney general, the clear choice is Kwame Raoul
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNine sitting or recent members of the Illinois General Assembly have been charged with federal crimes since 2019. State Sen. Emil Jones III is the latest. He faces bribery charges in connection ...
Defendants found guilty on all counts in ‘ComEd Four’ trial; juror says panel wanted ‘politics to...
Chicago Tribune· 1 year agoCHICAGO — In a sweeping verdict sure to reverberate in Illinois power circles, a federal jury on Tuesday convicted the “ComEd Four” defendants on all charges related to a conspiracy to bribe ...
Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough dies at 73
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough, a fixture in state and local Democratic Party politics who successfully championed legislation to ban the death...
'A bad look': Shocking Menendez scandal casts a shadow over Democrats in 2024
NBC News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoDemocrats have called on New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez to resign after he was indicted on bribery...