Rauner's Executive Order Bars Lawmakers From Property-Tax Appeals

Gov. Bruce Rauner has issued a ban on legislators financially benefiting from state property-tax appeals. It is effective immediately. Rauner has often accused Chicago Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan of benefiting from high Illinois property taxes because his law firm deals in tax-assessment appeals. Madigan has maintained he operates by a strict code of ethics and within the law. The executive order also bans lawmakers from seeking outside employment activities which “conflict with their official state duties and responsibilities.”