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OCT 25, 2019
Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith addresses reporters. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line]
As Gov. JB Pritzker announced dozens of hires for high-level roles in his administration this winter and spring, one of his last picks to head a state agency was Marc Smith, who was announced as the new director of the Department of Children and Family Services on March 27 — more than two months into Pritzker’s time in office.
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An employee in the Illinois Department of Human Services’ inspector general’s office kept his job after an inquiry prompted by allegations that he sexually harassed employees of state contractors, according to a report published by the Executive Inspector General this week.
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Since Illinois began tracking the amount of women- and minority-owned investment managers who profit from investing the many pension funds in Illinois, most funds have made significant progress toward meeting goals set in 1993, lawmakers were told Wednesday.
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Between 2008 and 2017, Chicago’s residential effective tax rate increased by 32.5 percent, while its commercial effective tax rate increased by 69.3 percent in the last decade, according to a new report by the Civic Federation.
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The state’s Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity is adding staff to lead efforts to expand broadband access and launch the state’s cannabis industry, agency Director Erin Guthrie said Monday.
Erin Guthrie [Submitted]
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As Illinois prepares to sell $600 million worth of bonds in early November, Fitch Ratings Inc. on Monday formally rated the debt as BBB and stable — the same as the rest of the state’s general obligation bonds — but indicated an upgrade is not likely any time soon.
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A majority of justices on the Illinois Supreme Court on Friday upheld Illinois’ revenge porn criminal statute, ruling against a woman who distributed nude photos of a neighbor her ex-fiance flirted with during their relationship.
The Illinois Supreme Court building in Springfield. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line]
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Aldermen are set to turn up the heat on Gov. JB Pritzker and other lawmakers Monday over a bill that would set a deadline to move Illinois to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050 as part of an effort to fight climate change.
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The State Board of Elections is pushing for the return of an omnibus bill designed to improve election security, help with the 2020 Census count and spare low-dollar candidates from costly audits during the legislature’s Fall Veto Session.
However, the bill’s sponsor has not committed to that timeline.
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A program that offers cybersecurity expertise to the state’s 108 local election authorities in an effort to ensure election security will continue “indefinitely,” according to Illinois’ top elections official.
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