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Senate Supports Improvements to Statement of Economic Interest

A plan to rewrite the Statement of Economic Interest (SEI) form candidates and top public officials must complete earned the strong backing of the Illinois Senate this week, winning support from 52 Senators and moving across the hallway to the House of Representatives for consideration.



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Mayor Emanuel reports gifts from the rich and famous

May 3, 2013
Chicago Tribune

Mayor's disclosure statement lists accommodations, transportation provided by financial, entertainment execs

By Bill Ruthhart, Chicago Tribune reporter

A stay at the house of a Hollywood entertainment mogul, transportation on the tabs of millionaire venture capitalists and, for the second straight year, sports tickets, meals and more from his close adviser Michael Sacks.

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More questions about financing of McDonnell’s daughter’s wedding

April 9, 2013
Washington Post

By Rosalind S. Helderman

Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell has said his daughter and her husband paid for their own wedding. So a $15,000 check from a major campaign donor to pay for the food at the affair was a gift to the bride and groom and not to him, and therefore did not have to be publicly disclosed under the law, the governor says.

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Romney adds Swiss bank income to disclosure form

February 3, 2012
Chicago Tribune
By Matea Gold
 
 
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney amended his personal financial disclosure Friday evening to reflect income

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A Conflict of Interest, But It’s Legal in Illinois

January 6, 2012
Chicago News Cooperative

by FREDRIC N. TULSKY and JOHN SULLIVAN | Jan 6, 2012

In most states and municipalities, government officials who vote to spend taxpayer dollars on proposals that also put money in their own pockets as lobbyists could be accused of illegal conflicts of interest. Not in Illinois.

Thanks to state and local ethics laws riddled with loopholes, it was legal for Jack Dorgan, a village trustee in Rosemont, to vote last year to award a lucrative contract to a client of his Springfield lobbying firm.

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Conflicts of interest? It's legal in Illinois

January 5, 2012
WBEZ

Lawmakers who lobby walk minefield of conflicts

Fredric Tulsky and John Sullivan  

In most states and municipalities government officials who vote to spend taxpayer dollars on proposals that also put money in their own pockets as lobbyists could be accused of illegal conflicts of interest. Not in Illinois.  

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When Office Holders Also Represent Clients, Collisions Are Likely

January 5, 2012
Chicago News Cooperative

By JOHN SULLIVAN and FREDRIC N. TULSKY

 
 
Elected officials who lobby face conflicts of interest when matters coming before them as office holders also affect their paying clients.

In Cook County, the list of elected officials who have also lobbied includes three county commissioners, two Chicago aldermen, the Cook County Democratic Party chairman and even John J. Cullerton, the state senate president since 2009.

Those numbers alarm outside ethics experts.

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Simon mulls how to stop Illinois political corruption

December 12, 2011
WJBC

By: Nick Gale  |

Lt. Governor Sheila Simon wants to avoid more political corruption in Illinois. (Getty Images)

With another Illinois governor heading to federal prison, what more can be done to prevent politicians from stepping over the line? The lieutenant governor has some ideas.

Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon sat on the Collins Commission in 2009, which was charged with tackling corruption in state government. She says if we follow the money, we’ll know what’s going on.
 

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