Via the New York Times Fewer than four hundred families are responsible for almost half the money raised in the 2016 presidential campaign, a concentration of political donors that is unprecedented in the modern era. The vast majority of the…
Read Morevia the International Business Times When officers of the Illinois teachers pension system opted to put more than $1 billion under the control of a single financial firm, Grosvenor Capital Management, they touted the arrangement as a step toward greater…
Read Morevia Fox 32 News If you need to borrow money, you’d probably go to a bank. But for the wife of one elected official, getting a loan was as easy as tapping into her husband’s campaign fund. Millions of dollars are collected and spent…
Read Morevia the New York Times On the morning of his wedding, in 1956, Henry Frye realized that he had a few hours to spare before the afternoon ceremony. He was staying at his parents’ house in Ellerbe, N.C.; the ceremony would take…
Read Morevia the Chicago Tribune The Naperville Development Partnership is hailed by local politicians and business leaders alike as a successful public-private alliance with a proven record of attracting, retaining and promoting Naperville’s businesses. But a Naperville Sun investigation has found…
Read MoreVia the Chicago Sun-Times The Illinois House on Tuesday passed legislation to stop their own pay hikes as Democrats faced increasing pressure during the budget stalemate. The move came after Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner repeatedly beat the drum against the…
Read Morevia The New York Times The federal government has all but surrendered to the powerful, rich donors whose anonymous contributions threaten to undermine the 2016 elections. The commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, John Koskinen, signaled as much on Thursday when…
Read MoreVia Brennan Center for Justice, Common Cause, Democracy 21, Democracy Matters, Demos, Every Voice, Issue One, Mayday, People for the American Way, Public Citizen, Represent.Us, U.S. PIRG Like every generation before us, Americans are coming together to preserve a democracy of…
Read MoreVia Chicago Sun-Times The writing has been on the wall for Chicago’s plan to save two of four city employee pension funds ever since the Il. Supreme Court overturned state pension reforms, but Mayor Rahm Emanuel chose to ignore it….
Read Morevia Roll Call Senate appropriators folded into a draft spending bill a provision long sought by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that would relax campaign finance coordination rules between candidates and the political parties. This marks the second time in less than a…
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