Illinois Gets D+ Grade in 2015 State Integrity Investigation
History of Scandal Holds Back Progress on Transparency
via The Center for Public Integrity
“Four of the seven Illinois governors elected from 1960 through 2006 went on to serve time in prison, so it’s no surprise that Illinois has developed a reputation more criminal than credible.
Nor is it surprising that Illinois earned a D+ in the State Integrity Investigation, an assessment of state government transparency and accountability by the Center for Public Integrity and Global Integrity.
Its numerical score of 67 placed Illinois 13th in the country (tied with Colorado). That’s a modest drop from the initial study — published in 2012 —when the state ranked 11th with a 74.”
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