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Legislative inspector general's resignation exposes need for reform (opens the original)
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You may know that embattled Legislative Inspector General Michael McCuskey has agreed to resign his post by the end of September. But this sorry saga shouldn’t end there. The Legislative Ethics Commission should immediately launch an investigation into why so many women over the years have said they were mistreated, belittled and dismissed by McCuskey. They could also ask McCuskey’s replacement to revisit the cases. And that sounds like what the commission might do. According to state Rep. Jeff
Legislative inspector general has some explaining to do (opens the original)
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In the past week or so, three women have told stories about their dissatisfaction with the way they were treated by the state’s legislative inspector general. And it’s clear that at least three of the four legislative leaders are quickly becoming fed up with the legislative inspector general and that another leader may have trouble sustaining his claim that one of his members was cleared of wrongdoing. You may have seen the Chicago Tribune story about an unnamed female lobbyist who formally obje
Meta settlement not the answer to state's education funding crisis (opens the original)
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Hours after the social media giant Meta agreed last Wednesday to settle a case brought by 47 state attorneys general and implement reforms to protect children from social media harms, the Illinois Federation of Teachers issued a demand that all of Illinois’ portion of the $17.1 billion settlement — $768 million — be designated “to address the funding crisis for school districts across the state.” “The Governor has said he supports more funding for education but didn’t know where it would come fr
Sexual harassment claims, while deemed unfounded, may linger in downstate legislative race (opens the original)
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Yet another sexual harassment allegation has been made against an Illinois House Democrat. But this time, the House speaker’s operation is fully supporting its incumbent. Rep. Amy “Murri” Briel’s former deputy chief of staff Laura Jackson claims that, among other things, Briel, D-Ottawa, sexually harassed her, supplied her and the campaign staff with “unlimited” amounts of Adderall and gave “bonuses in marijuana.” Jackson said she ultimately had a three-hour meeting with the Legislative Inspecto
10-year term limit for House speaker, Senate president more than sufficient (opens the original)
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After Michael J. Madigan’s 36 years as Illinois House Speaker, a 10-year term limit on current and future speakers doesn’t seem like a lot of time in the big chair. Nobody prior to Madigan had ever served 10 years as speaker in this state, going back to when Illinois became a state in 1818. The only person who came close was Republican Warren Wood, who held the position for eight years in the 1950s. Most of the rest served single terms or two terms. Democrat Paul Powell, served six years, includ
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