THE ILLINOIZE: No major ethics package this week...where some other big issues stand in the final week of session...How GOP chair Don Tracy survived

May 16, 2023

Good morning, Illinois.

Apparently, some guy became Mayor of Chicago yesterday. Good luck. It’s the end of the legislative session and that squarely has our focus.

The Senate was in for 21 minutes yesterday while the House was in for about 35, so nothing big is happening just yet.

The House is in at noon. The Senate is in at 11. There is nothing on Governor Pritzker’s public schedule.

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Let’s get to it.

NO MAJOR ETHICS PACKAGE THIS WEEK

Rep. Maurice West (D-Rockford), the Chair of the House Ethics & Elections committee confirmed Monday night he won’t be moving major action on ethics reform in the final week of the legislative session, but insists action will be coming.