Among those accepting campaign contributions after supporting what was portrayed as reform legislation: Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park.
House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch has filed legislation that would, for the first time in Illinois, authorize legislative staff to form a union and engage in collective bargaining.
CHICAGO — In a sweeping verdict sure to reverberate in Illinois power circles, a federal jury on Tuesday convicted the “ComEd Four” defendants on all charges related to a conspiracy