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The Missouri House was awfully busy last week, passing or advancing a passel of terrible bills that would harm the public interest in any number of ways. Among the…

Not that its products are unsafe, but the Acme Co. would find it easy to make friends in the Missouri Legislature.

Regarding the revelation that FBI agents have been poking around the Missouri Capitol, looking into alleged “pay-to-play” schemes involving state…

U.S. Sen. Roland Burris | AP photo

OK. That’s enough.

U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., is on his fourth version of the story about pay-to-play allegations surrounding now-former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

We detailed the first three versions in an editorial today. First: No…

Today is Rod Blagojevich’s 52nd birthday. It should be the last one he spends as governor of  Illinois.

He has betrayed the citizens of his state. He is not fit to hold public office. If he doesn’t have the good sense…

It seems odd to use the words “ethics reform” in the same sentence as “Illinois legislature,” and to be sure, the ethics reform bill that the legislature gave final passage to Monday leaves a lot to be desired.

But as Dr. Johnson…

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he’s “improved” a bill that would shut off one of the biggest spigots pouring money into his campaign fund. In fact, as the governor knows full well, his “improvements” will kill the reform bill. He shouldn’t…

Illinois Auditor General William Holland has been poking his nose into Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s Office of Management and the Budget. What he found smells distinctly fishy.

Mr. Holland reported last week that the OMB had issued no-bid contracts, awarded contracts to…

In Chicago, federal prosecutors are prying the lid off the rotten practice of pay-to-play politics in Illinois. The stench just might change the way business is done in Springfield.
Put the emphasis on the word “might.”
A year ago the Illinois House,…