State Of The State: Pritzker Touts First Year Wins, Calls For Ethics Reforms To Stop Corruption ‘Scourge’
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker vowed to push for tougher ethics laws as he also made a victory lap during his annual speech Wednesday.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker vowed to push for tougher ethics laws as he also made a victory lap during his annual speech Wednesday.
The guilty plea comes just one day after the Chicago Democrat was charged in a federal probe into Illinois’ red-light camera industry.
The Chicago Democrat faces bribery and tax fraud counts for his alleged efforts to protect the red-light camera industry’s interests.
A newly obtained email shows a former member of Gov. Pritzker’s cabinet was more aggressive in protecting a campaign worker than was known.
John Sullivan’s resignation was announced Monday. He is the first state official to resign over the “rape in Champaign” email scandal.
Michael McClain says the feds asked him to cooperate in their corruption probe into ComEd. But he didn’t talk about his controversial email.
An email lauding a state worker for keeping “his mouth shut” about a “rape in Champaign” is “extremely serious and troubling,” Madigan said Wednesday.
In an email obtained by WBEZ, a Michael Madigan ally urged top aides to then-Gov. Pat Quinn to avoid firing the favored worker.
A new report raises serious questions about the hat’s authenticity. It was once displayed in Lincoln’s Springfield museum.
Raymond Nice took direction from Jay Doherty, the power company lobbyist whose office was raided by the feds in May.