RFI, advocacy groups call for reform after Madigan’s conviction

WTTW’s article covers the broader reaction to Madigan’s verdict, including RFI’s joint statement pushing for more changes:

“Reform for Illinois, Common Cause and Change for Illinois called for empowering the inspector general, putting stronger restrictions on when legislators leaving the General Assembly can lobby their peers and creating stronger conflict-of-interest provisions.

The groups said that though Pritzker at the time called the ethics package a ‘first step,’ they ‘haven’t seen any progress on these issues since then.’”

Read the article here.