Open Illinois.org

You are browsing the archives of Kara Beth Vance.

Okay...so I’ve spoken of this before… how the education system in America is essentially socialism.  Let’s look at how that’s playing out in the day to day here in Illinois.

The state is more than 12 weeks late in doling out more…

I was a little bit surprised to see the News-Gazette headline, “Champaigne County Web site called second most open in the state,” came in on my feeds this morning. Then I remembered that being the second most open county in this state isn’t…

November signatories include Kimberly A. Lightford, Lisa Hernandez, and Jason DeSplinter! Check out the full list of pledge signatories on our transparency pledge page.

This should be shocking…and yet… nothing shocks me these days.

Blagojevich also wants the federal government to put Illinois on the list of states seeking relief under any kind of economic stimulus package. Specifically, the governor wants more than $1 billion…

WWBOD? What would Barack Obama do? Seriously… why are Illinois “elected officials…talking…that the Barack Obama presidency will do much of the heavy lifting” to shape up the CTA?

Our transparency pledge page has been updated to include the newest signatories of the pledge!  Have your elected officials and preferred candidates signed on?

These candidates and elected officials have already committed to transparency:

Michael Connelly: Candidate for 48th Illinois Rep. District- August…

Our transparency pledge page has been updated to include the newest signatories of the pledge!  Have your elected officials and preferred candidates signed on?

These candidates and elected officials have already committed to transparency:

Michael Connelly: Candidate for 48th Illinois Rep. District- August…

Hal Dardick posted on the Chicago Tribune news blog that,

“The health board’s proposed 2009 budget, presented this morning, includes a $103 million spending increase. Of that, $47 million would be spent to pay for both salary increases already approved by the County…

We’ve updated our “Who’s Posting Expenditures in Illinois?” list today to include the Village of Rolling Meadows. View all of the government entities that are posting their check registers online here. Also, send us a tip if there are any government…

We’ve updated our “Who’s Posting Expenditures In Illinois?” to include the City of Bloomington.

We have also included links to the relevant pages on all entities that are already online.  Those entities that have voted but are not online yet will…