Within hours of being sworn in as governor, Rauner offered a stark contrast by issuing a freeze on all non-essential spending, immediately followed by ethics and transparency executive orders aimed at deconstructing the disappointing status quo of Springfield politics.
The residential-center horror stories demonstrate that corruption in government often hurts the most vulnerable among us. It also shows that exposing those injustices can lead to change.
Executive order regarding posting of new hires signals possible shift in government transparency under new administration.
Gov. Pat Quinn doled out $24 million in taxpayer money during his last days in office.
Five reforms effective Jan. 1, 2015 will improve government transparency and protect individual rights:
Tax relief, worker freedom and a health-care win have set the stage for an Illinois comeback in years to come.
The state’s entrenched culture of cronyism is blindingly clear, especially to those who report on it for a living.
In November, 13 of 53 Corruption Watch stories were related to policies and actions of criminal-justice authorities in Illinois.
Superintendents in Nokomis Community School District 22 are gearing up to push for a county-wide sales-tax hike.
HB 3796 would hamstring watchdogs in a state riddled with corruption. Lawmakers should let Quinn’s veto stand.
If a school facilities sales tax referendum was passed in DeKalb County, the 0.25 percent sales-tax rate could rise to 1.25 percent, a 400 percent increase.
In a strange turn of events, the Illinois Supreme Court on Nov. 20 dismissed a challenge to Chicago’s red-light camera program.
While school districts can place sales-tax referendums on the ballot every election, once sales-tax hikes are enacted, voters can never initiate a referendum to repeal them.
Ridesharing regulations, ObamaCare exchange and extension of the 2011 tax hikes all lay dormant.