Madigan trial might be an opportunity for reform

The Chicago Tribune details former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s trial; raises questions about the room for reform in this climate.

Among the ideas getting bandied about are strengthening the legislative inspector general and the legislative ethics commission as well as seeking to improve the revolving-door clause overseeing lawmakers going into lobbying, conflicts of interest and other avenues of government oversight, said RFI Executive Director Alisa Kaplan.

Separately, Kaplan said that Reform for Illinois wants to take another shot at passing legislation to unmask dark money donations so that original, unnamed donors to super PACs would be disclosed.

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