Governor Blagojevich announces sweeping ethics reform in Illinois
CHICAGO – Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today introduced a package of ethic reforms that would force elected officials in Illinois to comply with ethics requirements that would be among the most stringent in the nation. The reforms include everything from changing the way legislative pay raises are issued to strengthening campaign contribution laws. The reform package includes an Executive Order that establishes strict guidelines on companies that do business with the State. The Governor’s order prohibits campaign contributions from businesses, their affiliates and affiliated persons, with state contracts totaling more than $50,000, to state constitutional officers and members of the General Assembly or any candidate for those offices. The Executive Order ensures implementation of ethics reforms even if the General Assembly fails to take further action. HB0824 Information
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08/21/08 - Honoring Illinois' Fallen United States and Illinois flags at half-staff from Sunrise, Thursday, August 28, 2008 until Sunset, Saturday, August 30, 2008.
Governor joins climate change initiative, encourages all Illinoisans to pledge to turn off lights for one hour from 8 to 9 pm on Saturday, March 29
Governor Rod R. Blagojevich announced that the State of Illinois will participate in Earth Hour, a climate change awareness event created by World Wildlife Fund where businesses and residents will turn off the lights in their buildings for one hour on March 29th, 2008 to symbolize the need to take action on this global issue. More than 30 cities on six continents around the world are participating in Earth Hour. Chicago was chosen as the flagship Earth Hour city in the United States, and we will be joined by Atlanta, Phoenix, and San Francisco, as well asCopenhagen, Toronto, Melbourne, Brisbane, Bangkok, Dubai, Dublin, Christchurch and Tel Avivglobally.
Gov. Blagojevich signs FY08 budget, cutting nearly $500 million in non-essential spending. Plans to expand healthcare to over 500,000 more Illinoisans
On Thursday, August 23, Governor Rod R. Blagojevich signed the state's Fiscal Year 2008 budget exercising his veto authority to remove $463 million in "pork" projects and other non-essential spending from the operating budget the General Assembly approved August 10.
Governor joins climate change initiative, encourages all Illinoisans to pledge to turn off lights for one hour from 8 to 9 pm on Saturday, March 29
