Name: Illinois Lawmakers: Issues on the table with days remaining by Capitol News Illinois
Duration: 29 min
Description: A scheduled May 24th adjournment looms over Illinois lawmakers, as they work to pass legislation and approve a budget with less than ten days to go. While a fiscal plan may be the biggest issue left to address, several others are rising to the top of the list.

A scheduled May 24th adjournment looms over Illinois lawmakers, as they work to pass legislation and approve a budget with less than ten days to go. While a fiscal plan may be the biggest issue left to address, several others are rising to the top of the list.

Illinois Lawmakers: Issues on the table with days remaining

In this April 23, 2018 call, Chicago Ald. Danny Solis and retired Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain, a close confidant of House Speaker Michael Madigan, discuss paths forward on a bill concerning a Chinatown parking lot. They also speculate on whether state Sen. Marty Sandoval might someday be indicted. A year and a half later, that prediction would come true.

Madigan Trial - Exhibit 0047

Then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan tells Chicago alderman-turned-FBI mole Danny Solis about a new property he’s interested in recruiting for his property tax appeals law firm in this wiretapped phone conversation from Sept. 26, 2018.

Madigan Trial - Exhibit 0185

In this Oct. 9, 2018, wiretapped phone call, Chicago alderman-turned-FBI mole Danny Solis tells real estate developer Harry Skydell that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is interested in being hired to do property tax appeals work for a building Skydell recently bought in downtown Chicago.

Madigan Trial - Exhibit 0187

In this May 16, 2018 wiretapped phone call, lobbyist Nancy Kimme tells former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s longtime friend and alleged co-conspirator Mike McClain about unexpected opposition to a project in Chicago’s Chinatown neighborhood. 

Madigan Trial Exhibit - 0104 | Capitol News Illinois

In this May 31, 2018 wiretapped phone call, House Speaker Michael Madigan’s longtime friend and alleged co-conspirator Mike McClain told lobbyist Nancy Kimme that he felt there was “something fishy” about a land transfer project they were trying to get done. 

Madigan Trial Exhibit - 0079 | Capitol News Illinois

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Illinois Lawmakers: Issues on the table with days remaining

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