Illinois Lawmakers Seek To Eliminate State Diversity Commission

(The Center Square) -- An Illinois state commission has failed its mission to aid businesses owned by racial minorities, women and people with disabilities and should therefore be disbanded, according to a group of Republican lawmakers who comprise the Illinois Freedom Caucus. The news release came after legislative hearings that were in response to an investigation by The Center Square exposing the failures. "What the Democrats claim was intended to expand opportunity in state contracting has instead become a multi-million dollar failure for taxpayers; creating barriers, reducing participation, and adding unnecessary bureaucracy," the group wrote in a news release.