Progress Illinois

As expected, Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed HB 7
this afternoon, the campaign finance bill the General Assembly passed
this May. While Quinn testified in favor of the bill earlier in the
year, even calling it "historic," he emphasized today that he always considered the ...

Word out of Springfield this morning is that Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) has pulled a series of ethics measures from today's docket.  The apparent reason, according to the Tribune: Republican lawmakers "offered to pick up recommendations from Quinn's ...

After another gubernatorial indictment and months of hearings, Gov. Pat Quinn’s Illinois Reform Commission finally issued its 34 recommendations (PDF) for reforming Illinois government yesterday. Media outlets across the state quickly dug through the details and voiced ...

Back in January, Gov. Pat Quinn used his first executive order
to bring the Illinois Reform Commission (IRC) -- an independent ethics
panel he created as Lt. Governor to devise a blueprint for state
political reform -- under the office of the governor. Two months later,
...