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Lisa Madigan
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by Angela Caputo
5:31pm
Mon Dec 21, 2009
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Meet Illinois' New Public Access Enforcer

Ethics

During her 2004 campaign for attorney general, Lisa Madigan pitched a plan to hire a "public access counselor" to advocate on behalf of those citizens, journalists, and local organizations being stonewalled by local governments in their requests for public information.&nbsp...

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by Angela Caputo
2:07pm
Fri Nov 6, 2009

Madigan Promotes "Tolerance, Fundamental Equality" On Capitol Hill

Labor

Just one week after President Obama signed into law a measure that adds sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes
under hate crime statutes, gay rights advocates were back on Capitol
Hill yesterday pushing for additional civil protections. Among them was
...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
1:43pm
Wed Oct 14, 2009
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Lisa Madigan: Put Consumers Before The Banks

Melissa Bean

Yesterday we noted
that Illinois' own Melissa Bean appears poised to introduce an
amendment that would assist the banking industry by taking the teeth
out of the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CPFA). As the
lead negotiator for the New Democrats on the ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
10:04am
Fri Aug 28, 2009

Madigan, Feds Challenge Coal-Fire Polluters

Lisa Madigan

Public health experts and environmental advocates have warned for years about the grave consequences of allowing Illinois' coal-fired power plants to operate without adequate pollution controls. To their delight, Attorney General Lisa Madigan and federal authorities made ...

PI Original
by Progress Illinois
1:58pm
Wed Aug 19, 2009

Live From The State Fair: Quinn, Giannoulias, And L. Madigan

Election 2010

At the Democratic County Chairmen's breakfast in Springfield this morning, we briefly caught up with three of the state's constitutional officers before they took off for the fairgrounds.  Gov. Quinn offered up some folksy charm, saying that the Democrats in Illinois ...

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by Angela Caputo
9:52am
Wed Aug 19, 2009

Madigan Backs Durbin's Consumer Financial Protection Proposal

Banking

While Attorney General Lisa Madigan may have decided against running
for U.S. Senate, she is still doing her part to help the upper
chamber's chief anti-usury advocate, Dick Durbin.

Yesterday, Madigan joined attorneys general from 23 other states in urging members of ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
5:02pm
Mon Aug 10, 2009

Why Hasn't Quinn Signed The FOIA Law?

State Legislature

Six weeks after a rewrite of Illinois' open records law landed on Gov. Pat Quinn's desk, good government advocates are getting restless as an inexplicable gubernatorial "review" drags on. "Why is Quinn not signing it?"  the Illinois Campaign for ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
2:36pm
Fri Jul 31, 2009

Madigan Targets Wells Fargo

Predatory Lending

During her tenure as attorney general, Lisa Madigan has worked vigorously to protect Illinois residents abused by deceptive mortgage lending practices and "mortgage rescue" scams.  Now she is taking on one of the nation's largest lenders, Wells Fargo, for allegedly ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
9:38am
Thu Jul 9, 2009
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On WTTW, Madigan Defends Position On State Budget Crisis

State Legislature

During a one-on-one interview with Carol Marin on WTTW last night, Attorney General Lisa Madigan gave a classy explanation for why she opted not to run for higher office after "positioning" herself for a gubernatorial run in late 2008.  Below are some relevant ...