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Illinois lawmaker calls clawback in COVID-19 grant program ‘abuse of power’

SPRINGFIELD (The Center Square) – The first public hearing of the Restore Illinois Collaborative Commission focused on grants of federal dollars the Pritzker administration is administering to businesses. But one aspect of the program was labeled “abuse of power” by a commission member. Tuesday’s hearing also gave the public a glimpse of what Republicans have characterized as short and unproductive meetings. The hearing lasted about 70 minutes with about half the time for questions from lawmakers. The other half was […]

todayDecember 1, 2020 2

Capital Area Region

Madigan influence on 2021 redistricting unclear, uncertain

SPRINGFIELD (The Center Square) – Illinois lawmakers will get another crack at redrawing the state’s political boundaries following this year’s Census, and that process every ten years has been run by House Speaker Michael Madigan for decades. University of Illinois politics professor Kent Redfield said with Madigan’s speakership uncertain, there could be a lot of uncertainty. “A strong leader that can exercise power that can kind of reign in that conflict, but if it becomes every person for themselves, then […]

todayNovember 29, 2020 6

Illinois

Miller questions the seriousness of Springfield Democrats regarding ethics reform

SPRINGFIELD -- State Rep. Chris Miller (R-Oakland) gets a good chuckle anytime he hears about the new ethics plan now being pushed by Democrats. “I think anytime you hear Democrats talking about getting serious about ethics reform, you have to take it tongue and cheek just based on what we’ve experienced,” Miller states. “In the last year, Republicans have filed somewhere around 30 reform bills that never even saw the light of day.” Political corruption is the subject of three […]

todayAugust 19, 2020 27

Capital Area Region

RICO lawsuit filed against Madigan, ComEd in federal court

CHICAGO (The Center Square) – Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and utility ComEd have been hit with a civil racketeering lawsuit filed in federal court. The suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District Eastern Division by a group of attorneys asks for ComEd customers to get payments of at least $450 million in damages, including $150 million in “ill-gotten gains ComEd has admitted to.” The suit seeks an additional $300 million under the RICO Act’s damages […]

todayAugust 10, 2020 2

Decision 2020

COMED SCANDAL: What charges could Michael Madigan face?

CHICAGO -- Federal prosecutors delivered a response to a question this weekend regarding the ComEd scandal. The question: is Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan implicated as part of the ComEd criminal investigation? The Associated Press reports that Madigan, the longest-serving statehouse speaker in the nation, is. Madigan is a subject in ComEd's criminal investigation regarding influence-peddling and lobbying activities to benefit a utility company. Whether Madigan, 78, will face charges, when charges will be issued and for what crimes are […]

todayJuly 26, 2020 15

Ballot Access News

West, Pellegrini become ballot access objection targets Friday

SPRINGFIELD/CHICAGO -- Two candidates -- presidential candidate Kanye West and Congressional candidate Ruth Pellegrini -- were the targets of ballot access petition challenges Friday, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections. Details on West petition objection West, a rapper and entrepreneur, turned in over 4,000 signatures just before the deadline Monday. However, he will have to face two upcoming objection hearings before the election board body soon. The first objection group to West's petitions comes from Sean Tenner, Steve […]

todayJuly 24, 2020 62

Columnists

COMMENTARY: Ford, Wilcox want to reform ballot access petitioning threshold law

(Heartland Newsfeed) -- For the past several years, I've been quite vocal on reforms to the Illinois Election Code (see December 12 and December 30 commentaries). I've been taking charge on getting support for House Bill 3535 (co-sponsored by Anne Stava-Murray and Carol Ammons) and House Bill 3828 (co-sponsored by Allen Skillicorn, Jonathan Carroll and David Welter) and went into full attack dog mode in November. These bills call for the elimination of the ballot access petitioning threshold multiplier for […]

todayJanuary 22, 2020 4

Decision 2020

Malouf set to seek Libertarian nomination for U.S. Senate at annual convention in East Peoria

WOODSTOCK (Heartland Newsfeed via press release) -- A former contender for the Republican nomination for a Congressional seat in the outskirts of Chicago is seeking the Libertarian nomination for U.S. Senate, according to a press release Monday. For most of 2019, Danny Malouf campaigned and petitioned to run in the Republican primary for the 14th Congressional district in hopes to run against Lauren Underwood, the Democrat who was elected to that seat in 2018. In a Facebook post on Nov. […]

todayJanuary 22, 2020 126

Capital Area Region

Skillicorn, GOP colleagues call for special legislative session to tackle ethics reform

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Several members of the Republican caucus are calling for a special session in order to bring ethics reform to the General Assembly, but it doesn't seem likely it will happen this month. State Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-Crystal Lake) recently called for a special session on Twitter, citing that "ending the culture of corruption" is key and "is not rocket science." Skillicorn and four other colleagues -- Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville), Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City), Chris Miller (R-Oakland) […]

todayDecember 6, 2019 15

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