A recording of a Zoom call captures Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jackson Potter and Chicago-based activists speaking with French union counterparts about unrest in France, including remarks from an unidentified participant calling for violence against the U.S. government.
A Chicago Public Schools high school continues to operate a Chinese-government-linked program, including a sister-school relationship and a student field trip to the Chinese consulate, even as federal officials flag Confucius Institutes as national security concerns.
The Illinois State Police are investigating the Colchester Fire Protection District amid allegations of missing memorial fund money, fuel theft and falsified emergency run times, following the June resignations of the district’s chief and assistant chief.
Republican Bryan Drew and Democratic state Rep. Margaret Croke are competing for the Illinois Comptroller seat on Nov. 3, with Drew pledging to use the office as a check against fraud, waste and abuse in state spending.
Republican Bryan A. Drew, a trial attorney and small-business owner from southern Illinois, is running for Illinois Comptroller on a platform of greater spending transparency and fraud prevention ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
Illinois Prisoner Review Board member Matthew Coates faces conflict-of-interest questions over his candidacy for Normal village trustee, a salaried position that state law bars board members from holding simultaneously.
Investigative journalist John Kraft of the Edgar County Watchdogs is tracking two active government accountability cases: an alleged conflict of interest involving an Illinois Prisoner Review Board member and an illegal out-of-county clinic operated by a public hospital district.
Kirk Allen, co-founder of the Edgar County Watchdogs, is following the Illinois State Police investigation of the Colchester Fire Protection District, which involves allegations of missing memorial funds, fuel theft and falsified emergency run times.
John Yoo, the Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law, says the Alaska Supreme Court retains authority to remove the second Dan Sullivan from the ballot if evidence shows his campaign was organized and funded by Democrats.
The Crawford Memorial Public Hospital District is operating a clinic outside its legal service area without the public referendum that Illinois law requires before a district can run facilities in another county.