Stories by Hannah Meisel — Capitol News Illinois

Illinois Election Officials to Decide If Darren Bailey and GOP Operative Dan Proft Illegally Coordinated During 2022 Campaign

Darren Bailey, right, offers testimony during a hearing over allegations that he illegally coordinated campaign expenditures with GOP operative Dan Proft, left, during the 2022 gubernatorial campaign. (Andrew Adams / Capitol News Illinois)

The complaint alleges Proft’s independent expenditure committee – the “People Who Play By The Rules PAC” – coordinated with Bailey, violating both state and federal law.

DCFS Director to Step Down at End of the Year After Agency Hit With Another Scathing Audit

Illinois DCFS Director Marc Smith appears on “Chicago Tonight” in 2019. (WTTW News)

Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith will resign effective Dec. 31, he told colleagues in an all-staff town hall meeting Wednesday morning.