8 facts you should know about political corruption in Illinois

Excerpt from Reboot Illinois:

Illinois’ reputation for corruption makes a good punch-line, but it comes at a cost in real dollars.

A new report from the University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Political Science looks at the rates of federal public corruption convictions in Illinois and Chicago and compares them to similar convictions in other states.

As the report points out, Chicago and Illinois are often mocked as being notoriously rife with public corruption. But just because our pain can provide a good punchline for a joke doesn’t mean we should be proud of the consequences of such wide-spread corruption...

Here are eight important facts and comparisons from report you should know, especially since they affect each and every one of us.