After unanimous approval from the Illinois House of Representatives, the Illinois Senate has remained conspicuously silent on a bill meant to address one man’s dominance of a little-known network of government authorities.

Lax oversight of Illinois’ little-known regional development authorities has led to questionable business arrangements with one official in particular.

Andrew Hamilton and his consulting firm have collected more than $2 million from eight regional development authorities since 2010.

Andrew Hamilton is clearly a man of many hats. But some of those hats should raise eyebrows.