Former lawmaker pleads guilty two years after arrest for attempt to bribe another lawmaker

CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors notched one more guilty plea on Wednesday as the wide-ranging corruption probe that’s rocked Illinois politics for the last nearly three years marches onward. Former State Rep. Luis Arroyo (D-Chicago) changed his plea to guilty on Wednesday a little more than two years after he was arrested for attempting to bribe […]
Former State Sen. Link Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion

Former state Sen. Terry Link pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to a felony charge of tax evasion. Link, a Democrat from Indian Creek who…
News Around Illinois – Aug. 14, 2020

Longtime Illinois State Senator Hit With Federal Tax Charge CHICAGO (AP) — Longtime state Sen. Terry Link was charged in federal court Thursday with filing a false tax return, the latest Illinois lawmaker to face public corruption charges. Link reported an income of $264,450 in 2016 when the “defendant knew that the total income substantially […]
Voices In The News 2019

As we close the book on 2019, we thought we’d take a few minutes to listen back to what has been a most consequential year in Illinois government and…