Gov. J.B. Pritzker emphasized the need for meaningful ethics reform during his Jan. 29 State of the State address. If he’s serious, this is the place to start: Free the legislative inspector general from interference and oversight by the very lawmakers the IG is supposed to investigate. Reconfigure the Legislative Ethics Commission to make it truly independent — to facilitate the IG’s work, not impede it. That means no lawmaker should serve as a member. It’s a baked-in conflict of interest.