THE ILLINOIZE: Movement on ethics reform?...The potential $1.5 billion hole in the new budget

May 9, 2023

Good morning, subscribers.

There are 10 days until the scheduled end of session. We haven’t seen a budget. Or an ethics package. Or really anything else of substance. So, stay tuned.

The House is in at 11. The Senate is in at noon. Governor Pritzker speaks at the fallen firefighters memorial service outside the Stratton Building at 10.

A couple of big things to get to this morning, but only subscribers can keep reading. Join us!

Let’s get to it.

IS AN ETHICS PUSH ON?

There appears to be a push among some Democrats in Springfield to enact ethics reform legislation in the wake of the ComEd Four corruption trial that centered around former House Speaker Michael Madigan.