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Lisa Madigan
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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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by Josh Kalven
9:57am
Wed Jul 8, 2009

WaPo: Madigan Staying Put As AG (Giannoulias Responds)

IL-Governor

The Washington Post's Chris Cilizza has the scoop:

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan (D) will run
for re-election to her current post in 2010, according to a Democratic
source aware of the decision, ending months of speculation about
whether she might make ...

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by Angela Caputo
3:28pm
Tue Jun 30, 2009
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Tallying Up Illinois' Leadership Deficit

Lisa Madigan

If there's one thing that can be gleaned from the ongoing budget
stalemate, it's that revenue isn't the only resource Illinois government
is short on these days. Leadership is tough to come by as well.

At midnight, the clock runs out on the current fiscal year. What ...