Governor J.B. Pritzker has repeatedly argued that when tragedy exposes possible failures in government, leaders have a duty to ask difficult questions, investigate what went wrong, and pursue reform. 

If that is the standard, then Illinois families have every right to expect it to be applied here at home. 

That is precisely why Judicial Watch's recent Freedom of Information Act request concerning the death of my daughter, Katie, is so troubling. 

When Judicial Watch sought records from the Governor's office, I wasn't looking for sympathy. 

I wasn't expecting a phone call. 

I wasn't searching for an apology. 

I wanted to know whether Illinois' highest office had done what every responsible government should do after a preventable tragedy that exposed possible failures in public policy. 

Did anyone ask how this happened? 

Did anyone ask whether Illinois' own policies should be reviewed? 

Did anyone ask what could be changed so another Illinois family would never endure what ours has? 

According to Judicial Watch's review of the Governor's FOIA response, there was virtually no evidence that Katie's death prompted that kind of inquiry. 

The most revealing part of the Governor's files wasn't what they contained. It was what they appeared to lack: any meaningful curiosity about how Illinois might prevent another family from experiencing the same loss. 

That absence speaks louder than any press release. 

Katie was twenty years old. 

She was an American citizen. 

She was visiting friends at the University of Illinois when the vehicle she was riding in was struck from behind at nearly 80 miles per hour by an intoxicated driver. Two........

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