Via The New York Times The first Federal Election Commission filing deadline for most of the presidential candidates is Wednesday, but some organizations have released their totals early. Below, the announced money raised by the campaigns, “super PACs” and nonprofits…
Read MoreVia The New York Times Hillary Rodman Clinton will disclose the names of the supporters raising money for her campaign, a spokesman confirmed on Monday. The decision was communicated in recent days to her top fund-raisers, known as “bundlers” because…
Read MoreVia Bloomberg Bruce Rauner spent more than $25 million of his own fortune to get elected governor of Illinois. While the state is running out of cash and thousands of state employees might not get paid because of a budget…
Read MoreVia New Hampshire Public Radio In December 1999, six weeks before the 2000 New Hampshire primary, John Rauh watched as Republican Sen. John McCain and Democrat Bill Bradley met in Claremont to denounce the role of money in politics….
Read Morevia NPR Illinois Technically, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s election victory on November 4, 2014, marked the end of his first political campaign. But in some ways that campaign has never stopped. In what appears to be a fundamentally new strategy in the…
Read Morevia Justia.com Last week’s ruling by the Supreme Court in Arizona Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) was one of the most important, but perhaps below-the-radar, decisions of the Term. The case raised the question whether the U.S. Constitution and congressional statutes permit…
Read Morevia the Washington Post The 2016 presidential contenders are stretching the latitude they have to work with their independent allies more than candidates in recent elections ever dared, taking advantage of a narrowly drawn rule that separates campaigns from outside groups….
Read MoreFriends, On Friday, June 26, SB 248 was sent to Governor Rauner to be signed. The Governor now has 60 days to either sign or veto the bill. Throughout the process of passing SB 248, ICPR has been proud to have…
Read MoreVia The State Journal-Register Illinois House lawmakers return to Springfield today, making it a good day to urge them to approve a temporary budget to see the state through a budget impasse that shows no sign of ending anytime soon….
Read MoreVia The Washington Post Democratic presidential hopeful Martin O’Malley said that he would prefer there were no super PACs when asked in a radio interview Tuesday about one backing him that recently produced Web ads attacking rival Bernie Sanders. “Once you’re…
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