Column: Twin maladies have revealed their staying power – Champaign News-Gazette*

Jim Dey: "Cases like those implicating (Ald. Ed) Burke and (former House Speaker Michael) Madigan take years to put together because of the many moving parts and multiple targets. Even after indictments have been returned, they proceed, for a variety of reasons, at a glacial pace. That’s why the virus that is infecting Illinois and the criminal cases that have corrupted Illinois will consume the 2022 year and beyond. These two maladies are in a sickening race to the non-finish line."