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Normal, IL, USA / www.cities929.com Jul 14, 2021 | 3:45 PM (The Center Square) – The Illinois state legislature will have to start looking for another watchdog to police them after Legislative Inspector General Carol Pope said the position is “essentially a paper tiger,” and announced she’s going to leave the post in December. In a letter to members of the bipartisan Illinois Legislative Ethics Commission Wednesday, Pope said she hoped to make a difference from the inside and improve th...

Peter Hancock/Capitol News Illinois file photo The latest watchdog for the Illinois state Legislature offered her resignation on Wednesday, telling lawmakers their failure to pass meaningful ethics reform shows “true ethics reform is not a priority.” Complaining her job is “essentially a paper tiger,” Legislative Inspector General Carol Pope sent her letter of resignation to members of the Legislative Ethics Commission, offering to step down immediately, stay on while they find a re...

Normal, IL, USA / www.cities929.com Jun 30, 2021 | 4:48 PM (The Center Square) – A bill awaiting the governor’s signature would require schools to provide free menstruation products in both girls’ and boys’ bathrooms for grades 4 through 12.Currently, Illinois requires tampons to be provided to students who need them, but the supplies are kept in the nurse’s office.State Rep. Kathleen Willis, D-Addison, a co-sponsor of the proposal, said products such as tampons and sanitary napkins a...

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Then-25th Ward Ald. Daniel Solis recorded Madigan on numerous occasions as the speaker allegedly sought business for his private law firm, two sources with knowledge of the probe said.

JASON MEISNER Chicago Tribune With a sprawling political corruption investigation drawing ever closer to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the Chicago Tribune has learned that a Chicago alderman cooperating with the government secretly made audio and video recordings of the once-powerful politician on a variety of topics. Then-25th Ward Ald. Daniel Solis recorded Madigan on numerous occasions as the speaker allegedly sought business for his private law firm, two sources...

Proposed dividing line illustrates what Republicans dislike

Illinois Republicans are keeping up the pressure on Governor JB Pritzker to veto the new legislative district ...

Congressman Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, was in Springfield Thursday to argue the proposed General Assembly maps Democrats passed last Friday divide up communities like Springfield.

Credit Derek Cantù/ NPR Illinois The Illinois General Assembly this week approved a measure making multiple changes to election procedures, including pushing back the 2022 primary election from its usual mid-March date to the end of June. COVID-19 delayed the release of official 2020 U.S. Census data to states, but Democrats who control the legislative process in Illinois trudged forward anyway on their decennial redrawing of legislative district boundary lines to avoid giving Republicans a ...