Bipartisan bill would block ‘revolving door’ from lawmaker to lobbyist 02/10/2020 Illinois is one of the few states that lets lawmakers or state agency chiefs become a lobbyist the day after leaving office. A new ethics bill would stop that. TAGS: cooling off period, corruption, FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation, federal investigation, ghost payroll, Heather Steans, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, Illinois, lawmakers, lobbying, Michael McClain, Mike Madigan, Mike McClain, Paul Schimpf, revolving door, Scott Bennett, Springfield, Suzy Glowiak-Hilton
En route to Rauner’s desk: Victories for licensing reform, regulatory rollback and axing golden parachutes 06/19/2018 Nearly 600 bills are on their way to the governor, some of which would be encouraging changes to the status quo. TAGS: Bruce Rauner, Carol Sente, criminal justice reform, Dan McConchie, Illinois Tollway, occupational licensing, Pam Althoff, Paul Schimpf, regulations, Thomas Cullerton, transparency