Weekly Update | December 17th Total Contributions in 2015: $151,340,174 Total December Contributions: $6,064,950 Total Contributions this Week: $3,324,985 Number of Contributions this Week: 636 View full report here.
Read More2015 has been a busy and productive year. With your help and support, we were able to: Develop “Illinois Sunshine,” (illinoissunshine.org) a state-of-the-art database that tracks all campaign and Super PAC donations and expenditures Spearhead a successful effort to establish a…
Read Morevia Illinois News Network “Illinois joins about a dozen other states in losing revenue from the last quarter, according to the latest research from the Pew Charitable Trusts, but even more noteworthy is Illinois’ lack of reserves. Pew’s Fiscal 50…
Read Morevia Pantagraph “Despite failing to agree on a budget, Illinois lawmakers and Gov. Bruce Rauner did find common ground on hundreds of new laws during 2015. In all, 237 of them will go into effect with the start of the…
Read Morevia ABC News “Two companies that gave $200,000 to a pro-Jeb Bush super PAC are obscuring the identities of the real donors, a Washington watchdog group alleges in a complaint it filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission. The complaint…
Read Morevia REBOOT Illinois “SPRINGFIELD — A meeting of Gov. Bruce Rauner and four legislative leaders in Chicago on Tuesday afternoon yielded some mild optimism and word that more talks — including among governor’s and legislative staff — are planned for the near…
Read MoreTotal Contributions in 2015: $147,667,220 Total December Contributions: $2,579,343 Total Contributions this Week: $1,957,088 Number of Contributions this Week: 453 View full update
Read Morevia Daily Herald “Illinois tollway directors pulled the trigger today on a pricey study of extending Route 53 into Lake County amid objections from residents. A final vote will come next week. The tollway’s proposed budget has $5.8 million for…
Read Morevia Chicago Tribune “Mayor Rahm Emanuel will take the rare step Wednesday of delivering a speech on Chicago’s woeful police misconduct record to the City Council, which has approved hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements for victims of police…
Read Morevia Chicago Tribune “Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan indicated Wednesday that he wants the state income tax rate to return to its previous high of 5 percent to help balance the state’s out-of-whack budget. During a rare speech, Madigan was…
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