The General Election is not for another seven months, but the nominees for Illinois treasurer are wasting no time in taking jabs at each other. Progress Illinois takes a look at the race for treasurer that pits State Sen. Mike Frerichs (D-Champaign) against State Rep. Tom Cross (R-Oswego).
A Chicago federal appeals court denied a request from imprisoned former
Illinois Gov. George Ryan that the three-judge panel rehear his plea for
a early prison release.
Illinois is synonymous with political corruption, but a new study gives hope to the Land of Lincoln. Illinois has the seventh strongest campaign finance laws in the country, according to a report released yesterday by the Center for Public Integrity, a Washington, D.C. government watchdog.
As with a CPI study Progress Illinoisexamined
in February on overall public corruption by state, the campaign finance
report is not concerned with past shenanigans but current law, and
Illinois ranks well on both citizen access to financial records, and decently on
rules placed on the financing of political parties and individual
candidates.
Illinois is synonymous with political corruption, but a new study gives hope to the Land of Lincoln. Illinois has the seventh strongest campaign finance laws in the country, according to a 