Illinois Auditor General

The audit noted that Illinois failed to follow federal recommendations issued in May 2020 to prevent some of the fraud. It wasn’t until September 2021 that IDES implemented the use of a multi-state crossmatching tool, according to the audit.

News Analysis — The Illinois Department of Corrections did not fare well in a recent state audit. Among the findings was that the agency could not account…

Illinois is now 100+ days without any agreement on or even negotiation towards a state spending plan. One item on which there does seem to be agreement is…

Stateline, a news service from the Pew Charitable Trusts, has an interesting interview with outgoing Illinois Auditor General William Holland. In it, he…

The state official who reviews the use of public money in Illinois is retiring after more than two decades on the job. Illinois Auditor General William…

An audit has found that Illinois does a poor job monitoring and tracking children who run away from foster homes. Auditor General William Holland reported…

Gov. Pat Quinn is promising tighter controls after a review found that the Illinois Medicaid program paid an estimated $12 million for medical services…

This week, money and the run-up to the Republican gubernatorial primary. Also, a scathing audit result for a state anti-violence program.

Southern Illinois University in Carbondale says it has accounted for most of the more than 250 computers that an audit noted were missing last summer. The…

Officials say sufficient state funding the last two years means key state-employee pension funds didn't have to sell assets to meet payments. The State…