General Assembly appoints new lawmaker watchdog as GOP decries search process
Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly this week fast-tracked the approval of their party’s appointee to the watchdog position tasked ...
Tag: Ethics
Legislative inspector general job is now vacant
The last day on the job for the Legislative Inspector General Carol Pope was Thursday. The office will be vacant ...
As general election approaches, House GOP again demands ethics reform legislation
With fewer than four months remaining until the general election, House Republicans said Tuesday they want to remind Illinoisans of ...
Latest ethics proposals focus on State Board of Elections
Republican lawmakers added to their pile of recently-filed ethics legislation Wednesday, promoting two bills aimed at limiting conflicts of interest ...
GOP lawmaker calls for state ethics task force
A Republican state lawmaker said Wednesday she plans to introduce legislation to establish a State Ethics Task Force to tighten ...
Bill aimed at paring Madigan’s power stalls in Illinois House
A bill intended to rein in House Speaker Michael Madigan's outsized role in state politics was rejected by Democrats in ...
GOP lawmakers seek to stop ‘revolving door,’ pension payouts
With increased state and national attention on ethics in politics, a pair of Republican lawmakers filed separate bills this week ...
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