State Rep's Report

Public trust in Illinois state government is at an all-time low following the recent indictment of former House Speaker Mike Madigan on 22 counts of federal racketeering charges that detail how he used his official simultaneous positions as Speaker of the House, Chicago’s 13th Ward Democratic Committeeman and Chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois to run a criminal enterprise for more than a decade.

I was one of the three original petitioners to begin the process of investigating the corruption of Speaker Madigan, a move that eventually led to his resignation last year. Unfortunately, Il...