David Kidwell

In a unanimous rebuke of an argument the attorney general once called an "outrageous" abuse of public records law, the Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against the Wheaton Warrenville...

Illinois' leading lawmakers privately circulated their own proposal for a new public records law Wednesday that would essentially gut months of work by interest groups attempting to strengthen the state's...

After months of promises, public testimony and posturing, good-government advocates and top leaders of the legislature are in the throes of negotiating a package to reform an Illinois government steeped...

The shattering end to Gov. Rod Blagojevich's scandal-plagued tenure may provide some antidote to the pervasive secrecy that often prevents citizens from monitoring their own government. Amid a blizzard of...

A perjury investigation of U.S. Sen. Roland Burris must show that he knowingly lied under oath, and not simply that he danced around tough questions, according to legal experts who...

U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) went on national TV Friday in response to a Tribune report that Jackson allies discussed raising $1 million for Gov. Rod Blagojevich to promote...

As Gov. Rod Blagojevich was trying to pick Illinois' next U.S. senator, businessmen with ties to both the governor and U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. discussed raising at least $1...