Month: July 2013

A seven-member board created to review concealed carry applications in Illinois could be exempt from the state’s Freedom of Information Act if Gov. Pat Quinn approves a measure that recently landed on his desk. WUIS.org reports: [T]he board’s records and activities would be off-limits to the public. The board would […]

As a transparency nerd, big projects like these are a dream come true. The Illinois Policy Institute released a roundup on the public accessibility of suburban government info yesterday, and it is thorough. It’s results? Troubling, to say the least. Three governments got a perfect score: Hanover Township, Kane County, […]

…That’s the good news in the Better Government Association’s latest “Integrity Index” report. The bad news? Illinois scored a paltry 68.5 percent out of 100. Overall, not one state had an integrity index mark higher than 70 percent, and the national average was a meager 55 percent. Rhode Island had […]