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Potential Conflicts Arise Between Ill. House Speaker’s Two Jobs

This is one of our editors' picks from our ongoing roundup of Investigations Elsewhere.

Michael Madigan has two jobs: Illinois Ho … more…

Illinois AG: Shady AIDS Charity’s Web Campaign Broke State Law

Four months after we first reported on a sketchy AIDS "charity" with a nationwide fundraising campaign, authorities have begun to cr … more…

Illinois’s Unemployment Insurance Fund Goes Broke

Illinois has just become the 16th state forced to borrow money from the federal government to pay unemployment insurance bene … more…

Burris’ Offer and Cell Phones in Prison Cells

Here are our editors' picks from today's roundup of investigative stories around the Web. Was there a story we missed? Please keep se … more…

Illinois Crime Lab Botched Count of State’s DNA Backlog

When the U.S. government hired Michael Sheppo to help eliminate a crushing backlog in untested DNA evidence, he had all the right cre … more…

Quick Picks: Toxic Tap Water and Wiretap Leaks

The 11,000 residents of Crestwood, Ill., drank tap water laced with toxic chemicals linked to cancer for more than 20 years, ev … more…

Burris Punts on Promise

Sen. Roland Burris (D-IL) claims he has proof he never made an inconsistent statement about his appointment to the Senate, … more…

Blago’s Last Day

What will life be like without Rod Blagojevich making headlines, now that the Illinois Senate voted unanimously yesterday to impeach … more…

You Don’t Know Burris

Politicians and the media largely have portrayed Sen. Roland Burris as an upstanding public official. As Barack Obama described his r … more…

Blagojevich Lawyer Serves on State Board

Sheldon Sorosky, who is representing Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in his federal corruption case, also currently serves as the chair … more…