Following 'Com-Ed' trial, lobbying and ethics reform the talk of the Capitol
Several reform bills have been introduced in the Illinois General Assembly, but no voting action has followed.
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Several reform bills have been introduced in the Illinois General Assembly, but no voting action has followed.
More than $46 million in proposed borrowing for improvements didn't pass last session.
Days after testing positive for COVID-19, opposition leader Ryan Meili is bringing forward frank criticism of ...
“This is a premier who has continually pandered to extremists," NDP Leader Ryan Meili said.
Through thick, thin, and even a pandemic that virtually shut down legislating last year, Rhode Islanders stuck by their lobbyists. Ocean State companies and organizations spent $12.4 million in lobbying fees in 2020, according to a summary of reports filed with Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea's office. That's around $100,000 more than state-registered lobbyists collected in 2019, despite being mostly exiled from the State House last March and told that almost no new policies would pass. Good work if you can get it. And maybe not as surprising as it may seem. After all, since th...