After Edgar County corrections officers were convicted in 2012 of having sex with inmates, two residents of the downstate county set out to use the state’s open records law to look for more wrongdoing in the sheriff’s office. Four years later, Kirk Allen and John Kraft are still waiting to obtain public records — audio […]
John T. Slania
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Illinois watchdogs don’t bite
PHOTOSHOP ILLUSTRATION BY JOSEPH COPLEY It’s tough being a government watchdog in one of the nation’s most politically corrupt states. That’s the message from those who’ve run state Inspector General agencies responsible for uncovering wrongdoing at the highest levels of Illinois government and from those outside the halls of power who chart their actions, a […]
