Illinois lawmakers have introduced legislation to prohibit companies that sell red-light cameras from making campaign contributions to state and local candidates and elected officials. The red-light camera industry has been tied to corruption in Illinois going back two decades, according…
Read MoreRFI Executive Director Alisa joins the Chicago Tribune in a conversation on ethics reform, particularly in response to the verdict of the ComEd trial. Kaplan explains how the political climate of Chicago politics creates an environment ripe for ethics violations….
Read MoreRFI ED Alisa Kaplan spoke with Craig Dellimore of WBBM about the verdict of the ComEd trial. They discuss what happens after the verdict, what long-term change is possible, and what citizens can do to create this reform. Summarizing the…
Read MoreEthics and lobbying reform is attracting renewed attention in Springfield following the “ComEd Four” trial. RFI ED Alisa Kaplan was interviewed by the State-Journal Register about potential avenues for reform. She called the 2021 omnibus bill “woefully inadequate,” but expressed…
Read MoreRFI Executive Director Alisa Kaplan was interviewed on Politico about the federal corruption trial involving former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and the “ComEd Four.” “The trial matters because it will make people think twice about engaging in this kind…
Read MoreRFI Executive Director Alisa Kaplan was interviewed on NBC 5 Chicago about the mayoral race results and the huge difference in spending between Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson. On Johnson’s win, she said “[winning] also depends on how you spend…
Read MoreChicago’s contentious mayoral race has grabbed the biggest headlines this election season, but Chicagoans are also headed to the polls today to elect fourteen city council members. In February’s primary, no candidate secured a majority in the 4th, 5th, 6th,…
Read MoreSludge interviewed RFI Executive Director Alisa Kaplan about the miniscule role of small donors in Chicago’s mayoral race, as well as RFI’s policy proposals to increase transparency around dark money and to empower small donors. “There’s been a lot of…
Read MoreRFI Executive Director Alisa Kaplan was interviewed on NBC 5 about the big money in Chicago’s mayoral race and how reforms like public financing would level the playing field in future elections. She also spoke about the challenges of enacting…
Read MoreRFI’s new report on mayoral fundraising was picked up by Crain’s Chicago Business. Read our report here. Read the article here.
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