Testimony of Kate Piercy, Director of Government Reform, Illinois Policy Institute Submitted to the Senate Executive Committee HB 4836 Sunshine Commission Act April 14, 2010 Purchase flomax Chairperson Silverstein, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Kate Piercy, and I am the Director of Government Reform for the Illinois Policy Institute....

Kate Piercy's testimony submitted to the Senate Executive Committee on HB 4836, the Sunshine Commission Act.

by Mark Cavers In 2008, the Illinois State Senate employed a workforce of 436 employees in addition to the state’s 58 senators.  These 436 employees made a combined total of $12,148,006.38 in wages and seven of them made over $100,000 in their roles as staff assistants, secretaries, consultants and chiefs of staff. State senators used taxpayer money...

Andrzejewski believes $60 million forensic audit of state spending could save Illinois taxpayers $1.25 billion annually.

The average annual wages for the 164 janitors on the state payroll in 2008 were $41,965.

The Sunshine Commission would provide yet another tool to help root out inefficiencies and waste in Illinois government.