Lawmakers return to Springfield today for the first day of the two-week fall Veto Session. Despite the backdrop of ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan’s ongoing federal corruption trial, Illinois Democrats continue to show no willingness to reform state government.
Speaking during a radio interview, State Representative Ryan Spain said, “The people are fed up and frustrated with the way business is done in Illinois. The verdicts that have already been handed down in the previous federal trials linked to Madigan are sending a message to the leaders of Illinois that something has to change. The way of doing business in Illinois through a pattern of corruption can no longer be tolerated. It’s time for the Governor and Illinois Democrats who control state government to hear the message from the people and clean up our state.”
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