Policy

We take ’em to court, because we won’t tolerate attempts to abuse or weaken the state’s open records law.

Illinois is just one of several states teetering precariously on the edge of the fiscal cliff.

The BGA found at least fifteen Cook County suburbs that are now billing non-residents after providing emergency responses to their accidents.

The Emanuel administration apparently made enough progress in wringing illegal politics out of hiring, firing and promotions at City Hall to finally shed the yoke of a court-appointed monitor who’s been policing personnel decisions for the past decade.

You’ve seen it before — riveting images of torch-and-pitchfork-wielding citizens so angry they’re not going to take it anymore.

McPier created a nonprofit to operate the Pier, but now they’re refusing to release any meaningful information about the Pier’s operation on the grounds that, as a nonprofit, it’s not a government agency and therefore exempt from the state’s open records law.

This is a good news story about something that’s going right, and the lessons we can learn from the positive experience.

The Illinois General Assembly’s action, and inaction, resembles a grab bag gift, or the prize at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box — you never know what you’re going to get or whether you’ll like it.

Former Congressman Jerry Costello, from Downstate Illinois, didn’t break any laws when he became a high-paid lobbyist for some of the businesses and special interest groups that asked for and generally received his help with their Capitol Hill agendas.