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https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/rauner-pressures-illinois-supreme-court-rule-term-limits/
From WUIS.org By Amanda Vinicky Backers of a plan to institute legislative term limits in Illinois are putting public pressure on the state Supreme Court to get involved, and soon. Republican candidate for Governor Bruce Rauner calls it “tragic” that…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/national-school-union-put-1-million-karen-lewis-mayoral-campaign/
Via the Chicago Sun-Times By DAN MIHALOPOULOS The head of the American Federation of Teachers says the national union is ready to spend $1 million to help Karen Lewis unseat Mayor Rahm Emanuel if the Chicago Teachers Union president decides…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/ethics-commission-investigate-palumbo-solomon/
Via WPRI PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – State Rep. Peter Palumbo and Providence City Council President Michael Solomon will be the subject of separate state Ethics Commission investigations after complaints were filed against both men earlier this month. The commission now…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/new-book-exposes-death-campaign-finance-reform/
Via Newswise Newswise — ATLANTA— The U.S. Supreme Court’s many attacks on campaign finance reform have turned democracy into a system that favors the wealthy and marginalizes ordinary citizens, Georgia State University College of Law Associate Professor Tim Kuhner writes…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/rauner-speaks-limits-ride-sharing-industry/
Via Chicago Tribune Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner on Tuesday urged Gov. Pat Quinn to veto a bill that would provide oversight of the largely unregulated industry of ride-sharing, including requiring drivers of companies such as Uber to have commercial…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/california-lawmakers-pass-3-campaign-reform-bills/
Via The Miami Herald SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Questionable campaign practices at the state and local level prompted state lawmakers to approve three reform bills Monday, including one adopted after a lobbyist was fined for hosting fundraisers at his home. SB1443 would…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/rauners-old-firm-set-cayman-island-funds-boss/
Via Chicago Sun-Times SPRINGFIELD — Republican Bruce Rauner not only has personal investments in the Cayman Islands, but he presided over his former private equity firm as it set up other investment vehicles in the Caribbean tax haven known for…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/paper-boys-inside-dark-labyrinthine-extremely-lucrative-world-consumer-debt-protection/
Via The New York Times One afternoon in October 2009, a former banking executive named Aaron Siegel waited impatiently in the master bedroom of a house in Buffalo that served as his office. As he stared at the room’s old…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/scott-walker-campaign-finance-reform-crusader/
Via The Cap Times “Fighting Bob” La Follette, Russ Feingold and… Scott Walker? Wisconsin has a history of politicians who have crusaded for campaign finance reform, but Gov. Walker’s name isn’t typically associated with the fight. But Walker led the…
https://www.reformforillinois.org/blog/real-moreland-takeaway/
Via Libreprensa Office of The Governor See the forest for the trees. The swirl of attention around Gov. Cuomo’s shuttering of the Moreland Commission is an easy distraction. Like a magician’s trick, it takes our attention off of where it should really…