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After passing a transparency resolution about a year ago, Cook County has posted its check registry online and appears to be embracing spending transparency policy, describing their move as an “Open County Initiative,” which…

Ryan Keith from the GateHouse News Service reports “Gov. Pat Quinn wants more time to give his budget address — and promises to give a public glimpse of the state’s budget situation before that.”

Although state law requires…

During the past year, the Federal Reserve “created $2 trillion of assets and debts to rescue the nation’s financial institutions.”

Taxpayers have no idea how this money is being spent, but they have every right to know who received what…

Government transparency would help lawmakers and citizens see that Illinois doesn’t need more money, it needs less spending. The state of Illinois needs to think about some serious cuts in spending before it even hints at possibly raising taxes.

What happens when taxpayer money is allotted to the giant voids known as “operating budgets?”  A recent Wall Street Journal article provides clear story.  It cites many examples: a $22 cell phone holder, an $81 payment to a plant tender,…

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

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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

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