Keeping Kids Safe
As the mother of two small daughters, Attorney General Lisa Madigan is personally committed to protecting all Illinois children. She mandated the lifetime supervision of serious sex offenders and leads the State’s task force on internet crimes against children, which tracks down and arrests online predators and child pornographers.
read more...Helping Illinois Homeowners
Attorney General Lisa Madigan fights for homeowners facing foreclosure. She created a Homeowner Helpline and sued Countrywide Home Loans, winning an $8.7 billion settlement that required the mortgage giant, not taxpayers, to renegotiate their risky, predatory loans and a record-breaking $335 million settlement over claims of discriminatory lending practices.
read more...Protecting Seniors
Attorney General Lisa Madigan works hard to keep seniors safe. She educates seniors about protecting themselves from scams and launched “Operation Guardian,” a joint effort with law enforcement and health regulators, to conduct unannounced checks on nursing homes for health and safety violations and to remove residents with outstanding arrest warrants.
read more...Battling Public Corruption and Unethical Conduct
As Attorney General, Lisa Madigan is working hard to restore honesty and integrity to Illinois government. She prosecutes corruption regardless of Party affiliation. That’s why she launched a State investigation into former Governor Rod Blagojevich’s “pay-to-play” schemes. She also passed new “sunshine” laws that make it easier for citizens to hold their government officials accountable.
read more...Protecting Consumers
Attorney General Lisa Madigan is the State’s chief consumer advocate, and she works tirelessly to protect Illinois consumers. She has fought fraud by cell phone companies, lowered electric utility rates, insisted that unsafe products be removed from store shelves, passed a new law that will help end the abusive practices of debt settlement operators who take advantage of people in financial distress and created an identity theft helpline.
read more...Fighting for Taxpayers
Attorney General Lisa Madigan is passionate about protecting taxpayers from fraud and abuse. She aggressively pursues cases of fraud and generated over $1 billion in revenue for the State in the last year alone. The Attorney General’s office is getting real results for Illinoisans with fewer taxpayer dollars than it had in 1998.
read more...Violence Against Women and Children
Attorney General Lisa Madigan has fought to protect women and children from domestic violence and sexual assault. She led efforts to track down and arrest sex offenders, reduced the number of unserved orders of protection and initiated a new law that makes Illinois the first State in the country to require that every rape kit be submitted for DNA testing.
read more...Making Healthcare More Affordable and Accessible
Attorney General Lisa Madigan is fully committed to ensuring that all Illinoisans have access to affordable, quality healthcare. She fought hard for a new law that stops hospitals from gouging the uninsured and lowered the cost of prescription drugs by suing drug makers for fraudulently inflating their wholesale prices.
read more...Cleaning Up the Environment
As Attorney General, Lisa Madigan fights zealously to enforce the State’s environmental laws. She took on Crestwood officials who lied about providing residents with tainted drinking water and sued Exelon for contaminating drinking water near their Braidwood nuclear power plant.
read more...Ensuring Equal Protection Under the Law
Attorney General Lisa Madigan has taken decisive action to end discrimination based upon race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion and disability and fights to make sure that veterans and their families receive the services and benefits they have earned.
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