Multiple state lawmakers have been charged or associated with criminal conduct after passing the progressive income tax amendment on to voters.
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s relationship with ComEd is under strict scrutiny by federal investigators after he was implicated in bribery charges filed against the electrical company.
Sheldon Silver’s reign as speaker ended with corruption charges.
Larry Householder wields significant power as the House speaker in the Ohio State Legislature.
Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan’s power over Illinois politics is more precarious than ever. A steady stream of federal investigations, wiretaps and raids of people close to him, a deferred prosecution agreement with Commonwealth Edison wherein the utility giant admitted to bribing the speaker, and a grand jury subpoena served to Madigan’s office have led...
The Illinois House speaker was implicated in criminal charges filed against electrical company ComEd.
Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's iron grip has five fingers: the rules, the party, the map, the law firm, and taxpayer-funded patronage.
Pritzker infamously removed toilets from his Gold Coast mansion in what the Cook County inspector general called a “scheme to defraud” taxpayers.
Madigan was implicated in bribery charges filed against ComEd. Calls for his resignation are starting.
America’s longest-serving politician is at the center of a federal corruption investigation into lobbying, bribery and using ComEd for political patronage jobs.
SafeSpeed has been involved in a federal investigation that has resulted in corruption charges against multiple Illinois politicians.
Clay County Judge Michael McHaney said Pritzker’s emergency powers stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak lapsed on April 8, and any executive orders relating to COVID-19 finding their authority under those emergency powers are void.
Illinois public servants expect special privileges. And Gov. J.B. Pritzker is happy to oblige.
The contractor who revamped Illinois’ unemployment system to handle self-employed workers is being sued. One of the nearly 32,500 applicants who had private information exposed said it was used to access her bank account.