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Ending culture of political corruption begins in schools

April 9, 2012
Daily Herald

By Jim Ryan
Daily Herald

Another former Illinois governor went to the federal penitentiary on corruption charges in March.

Fiscal mismanagement and system corruption continue to plague state government.

A recent report released by scholars at the University of Illinois at Chicago noted there were 1,828 public corruption convictions by the federal courts in Illinois since 1976, making it the most corrupt state in the union after Louisiana and the District of Columbia.

Despite political and ethical reforms, not much has changed.
 

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Candidates take advantage of e-campaigning

November 29, 2009

By RYAN KEITH
Nov 29, 2009

Republican Jim Ryan asks Facebook fans who they’re rooting for in college football. Gov. Pat Quinn touts a new campaign endorsement from his barber. Republican Adam Andrzejewski asks for $20 donations to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
This definitely isn’t campaigning for governor in 1980, 1990 -- or even 2006.

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