The bipartisan pass-through spending law will provide services to the state’s most vulnerable.

With the right reforms, Illinois can provide energy assistance to people who need it without using scarce state dollars.

The DCEO’s decision to play by its own rules deserves scrutiny not only because of its monetary cost, but because it involves a fiduciary failure symptomatic of governmental disregard for the rule of law. It exemplifies a political culture that must change if Illinois government is to turn the corner and move toward restoration and renewal.