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Illinois Legislative Inspector General to Step Down After Questions About Investigations

The resignation raises pressure to fix investigative practices to restore survivors' trust in the legislature.

House Votes 413-2 to Censure Rep. Chuck Edwards

Chuck Edwards Sends 22‑Page Letter Challenging Ethics Panel Ahead of Expected Censure Vote

House Ethics Panel Opens Review of Rep. Jimmy Gomez After Accuser Says He Assaulted Her

House Ethics Committee Opens Formal Review of Rep. Jimmy Gomez

Senators Demand CFTC Curb Wildfire Betting After $1.2M Was Wagered

Inspector General Finds Sexual Harassment by Former Rep. Harry Benton; Speaker Welch Apologizes

Rep. Chuck Edwards Withdraws From 2026 Race After Ethics Panel Recommends Censure

Inspector General’s Redacted Report Finds Two Acts of Sexual Harassment by Ex-Rep. Harry Benton

Schumer Proposes Anti‑Corruption Bureau to Probe Trump and Future Presidents

Ethics Panel Clears Release of Inspector General Report on Harry Benton and Speaker Welch

House Ethics Committee Opens Review of Rep. Lance Gooden

Illinois Establishes July 25 as Emmett Till Day

Justice Department Reportedly Probing Rep. Cory Mills

Rep. Kat Cammack Says She Wouldn’t Send Daughter to Work on Capitol Hill Over 'Culture of Creepiness'

Legislative Ethics Commission Votes to Publish Benton Investigation

DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Rep. Cory Mills

House Speaker Backs Ban on Lawmakers Dating Any Congressional Staff

Rep. Chuck Edwards Reported to Have Given Female Staffers Personalized Pink and Blue Handguns

Illinois Rep. Harry Benton Resigns After Inspector General Says Conduct Was 'Outrageous, Unethical'