Michael Madigan Indictment Spurs Calls for Reform in Springfield – WTTW (Chicago)

Illinois in 2009, while Michael Madigan was speaker, set caps on campaign contributions, but Reform for Illinois director Alisa Kaplan says the system is weak and rife with loopholes that allow the legislatures’ top leaders to effectively skirt limits. That allows them to exercise a level of control over other lawmakers that she said is “unusual and dangerous.”

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