Recent Contributions
Inactive State Committees Costly
by MATT CONNOLLY and KRISTEN McQUEARY | Feb 24, 2012
Lawmakers in the Illinois House earned an extra $661,000 last year for serving as committee officers, even though some committees met fewer than five times and a handful met once, a Chicago News Cooperative analysis found. The House paid members who serve as committee chairmen and spokesmen (Springfield’s term for ranking minority members) $10,326 each
If a High School Dies, Where Does the Glory Go?
by MATT CONNOLLY | Feb 13, 2012
As Willie Conner stood alongside his fellow Crane High School seniors last week, clutching a rose and looking down at the hardwood floor, his final home game in a Cougars uniform was not the only thing on his mind. “We’re not just playing for our fans and our coach and ourselves,” Conner said. “We’re playing