State integrity news for Illinois, from the Chicago Tribune:

Watch the lobbyists, lawyers and consultants swing through the House speaker's office door on any session day, many of whom hire his law firm to fight their property tax assessments or to provide "legal guidance." You don't need an ethics expert to deduce that something is very wrong in Illinois.

Legislative leaders who have private business interests should be required to disclose far more information about their moonlighting, so voters can judge what's a conflict.

Read the rest of the story at the Chicago Tribune.

Photo credits: Illinois State Capitol (Daniel Schwen).