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  • Alex Nitkin
    FEB 11, 2020
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    Supreme Court candidates spar over past experience, new ideas in crowded debate

    Candidates for the Illinois Supreme Court debate. [Alex Nitkin/The Daily Line]
    Four judges and an attorney made their cases Monday to replace Illinois Supreme Court Justice P. Scott Neville, who is running for his first full 10-year term.

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  • FEB 10, 2020
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    If lawmakers are serious about stopping corruption, they’ll follow my plan: legislative inspector general

    If lawmakers are serious about fighting corruption, Legislative Inspector General Carol Pope told The Daily Line they should follow the roadmap she laid out months ago — and give her the power to hold elected officials accountable for misconduct.

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  • FEB 07, 2020
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    3 legislative inspectors general lament lack of independence

    Legislative Inspector General Carol Pope, former Acting Legislative Inspector General Julie Porter and former Legislative Inspector General Tom Homer testify in front of the Joint Commission on Ethics and Lobbying Reform on Thursday. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line]
    In fiery testimony Thursday, three of the four legislative inspectors general Illinois has ever had said they were hamstrung by the Legislative Ethics Commission — an eight-member body made up of the same legislators the inspector general is empowered to investigate.

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  • The Daily Line Reporting Team
    FEB 06, 2020
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    1 non-citizen voted, status of 6 others unknown, Secretary of State acknowledges

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    “I’m angry at what happened,” Secretary of State Jesse White told lawmakers Wednesday. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line]

    Secretary of State Jesse White’s office revealed Wednesday that at least one non-citizen voted in an Illinois election after being registered automatically by the state.

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  • Alex Nitkin
    FEB 05, 2020
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    Durkin files challenge to boot Delgado from House based on ‘legally improper appointment’

    The photo submitted by State Rep. Anna Stava-Murray as part of her challenge of State Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado. [Anna Stava-Murray]
    Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) issued a formal petition on Tuesday to remove State Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado (D-Chicago) from office, saying her “legally improper appointment” made her unqualified to serve in the legislature.

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  • Heather Cherone
    FEB 05, 2020
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    2,500 former foster kids went without insurance during weekend transition to managed care

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    Approximately 2,500 former foster children who were transitioned from traditional fee-for-service Medicaid to Medicaid managed care over the weekend went without insurance for about a day before officials discovered the problem.

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  • FEB 04, 2020
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    Senate panel to focus on Medicaid transition for adopted kids as protests continue

    Advocates continued to call for state officials to reverse the transition of 19,000 adopted children and former foster children to Medicaid managed care that took place Saturday.

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  • FEB 03, 2020
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    Illinois elections officials not ready for disaster: audit

    The State Board of Elections — responsible for next month’s primary elections — has not adequately prepared for a disaster, according to an audit.

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  • JAN 31, 2020
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    Ethics task force targets decades-old economic disclosure system

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    Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, left, said the statement of economic interest lawmakers must fill out should be revised. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line]
    With Gov. JB Pritzker eager to sign more stringent ethics laws surrounding lawmakers and lobbyists amidst the cloud of a sprawling federal investigation that’s rocked Springfield, Chicago and beyond, the Joint Commission on Ethics and Lobbying Reform took up those issues in a marathon hearing on Thursday and focused on a frequent target of reformers.

    Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, one of the appointed members of the commission, zeroed in on the two-page statement of economic interest lawmakers must fill out each year as one obvious place to begin.

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  • JAN 30, 2020
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    Secretary of State allowed 16-year-olds to begin voter registration process

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    The Secretary of State’s office allowed approximately 4,700 16-year-olds to begin the voter registration process under the state’s automatic voter registration program, officials said Wednesday.

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