Hannah Meisel
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Link finally admits he wore a wire to secretly record fellow lawmaker in 2018Jun 10, 2023 9:02 pm - Former state Sen. Terry Link publicly acknowledged for the first time this week that he'd worn a wire to secretly record a fellow lawmaker in 2019. Link, a Vernon Hills ...
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'Crisis pregnancy centers' could face legal actionMay 15, 2023 6:20 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois would become one of the first states to make so-called crisis pregnancy centers subject to the same consumer fraud standards as car dealerships, r...
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'ComEd Four' found guilty of conspiracy to bribe MadiganMay 03, 2023 5:54 pm - A federal jury on Tuesday convicted three ex-lobbyists and the former CEO of ComEd for their involvement in an alleged bribery scheme aimed at longtime Illinois House Sp...
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Prosecution paints ComEd Four as 'grand masters of corruption' before jury deliberationsMay 19, 2023 9:11 am - Attorneys for both the defendants and the government made the same appeal to a federal jury Tuesday before it was left to deliberate the fate of four former ComEd offici...
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Former ComEd CEO testifies she was unaware of Madigan allies' monthly checks for no workApr 18, 2023 4:59 pm - In May 2018, ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore called the utility's longtime top contract lobbyist, Mike McClain, with some news: she was about to be promoted to CEO of Exelon ...
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'Go forward with Ochoa': Madigan kept pressure on ComEd for key board appointmentApr 08, 2023 5:16 pm - When Juan Ochoa was appointed to the board of ComEd in April 2019, it was after a year and a half of delays and behind-the-scenes wrangling on his behalf by some of the ...
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Wiretaps show Madigan, through McClain, forced Lang out of legislatureMar 19, 2023 7:30 am - In fall 2018, longtime state Rep. Lou Lang, a Skokie Democrat, received a phone call from Mike McClain, who had spent decades lobbying for electric utility ComEd after 1...
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One year after Madigan's indictment, former speaker's allies prepare for trialMar 03, 2023 4:30 pm - SPRINGFIELD - One year ago Thursday, former House Speaker Michael Madigan - for decades the most powerful figure in Illinois politics - was indicted on 22 counts of rack...
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After Pritzker's budget talk, lawmakers jockey for their own priorities or warn money won't lastFeb 16, 2023 4:14 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Even factoring in the possibility of a "mild recession" this year, the proposed budget Gov. J.B. Pritzker laid out on Wednesday includes nearly $50 billion...
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Groups push for expansive paid family, medical leave in IllinoisFeb 14, 2023 7:18 am - SPRINGFIELD - A coalition of advocacy and labor groups is pushing for a state law to give Illinois workers 26 weeks of paid leave if they need to recover from an illness...