CHICAGO, Ill. – As Governor Bruce Rauner continues to push the concept of selling the James R. Thompson Center, Illinois state government’s downtown Chicago epicenter, state Rep. Al Riley, D-Olympia Fields, says that there are an undetermined amount of factors looming over the sale that the governor has not taken…
MEDILL REPORTS BY DIMA ANSARI MAR 19, 2014 Timuel Black’s cozy Kenwood apartment is crowded with books – books stacked on his coffee table, filling his end tables, teetering off the dining room table. This is not unexpected of a man who has been a teacher, historian and a civil…
Measure requires consideration of state budget impact SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – To extend accountability and transparency to important policy making agencies, State Rep. Al Riley, D-Olympia Fields, advanced legislation through the House of Representatives requiring the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) to articulate the state budget implications of its annual…