via Business Insider As the 2016 presidential and congressional races heat up, many people increasingly worry about the large amounts of “dark money” from undisclosed sources being used to finance election campaigns. A recent ill-conceived statement by Internal Revenue Service Commissioner…
Read MoreVia USA Today WASHINGTON — Two Democratic members of theFederal Election Commission, who say they are frustrated by the agency’s failure to rein in campaign-finance abuses ahead of the 2016 presidential race, are making what amounts to a drastic move…
Read MoreVia the Chicago Tribune Let’s state some incontrovertible facts about the government landscape. There are more laws, rules and regulations concerning transparency, money in politics and ethics in government today than ever before. The Internet has given us more day-to-day…
Read MoreVia the New York Times WEST MIAMI, Fla. — For years, Senator Marco Rubio struggled under the weight of student debt, mortgages and an extra loan against the value of his home totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. But in…
Read MoreVia Fox News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Associated Press) – The Illinois Senate will consider a proposed property tax freeze when the chamber reconvenes for the first time since the regular legislative session ended May 31. Democratic Senate President John Cullerton announced Friday the…
Read MoreVia CBS News According to the legislative director for New York’s League of Women Voters, there’s a lot of gray area when it comes to what candidates in the state can use campaign finances for. “Tickets to the Super Bowl, tickets…
Read MoreVia Crain’s Chicago Business There is so much wrong with the Dennis Hastert story that it’s hard to know where to begin. Much already has been said about Illinois’ culture of corruption and how this latest scandal undercuts public faith in…
Read MoreVia TIME Sen. Michael Bennet, former leader of the Democratic Party’s Senate campaign arm, is sponsoring a bill that would make his successor’s job even harder. Under Bennet’s leadership, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee accumulated nearly three times as much…
Read MoreVia Chicago Sun-Times The political epitaph for recently defeated Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn aptly summarizes Illinois’ rich history of corruption. He may have been ineffective, local wags said, but at least he was never indicted. Executive innocence is not to…
Read MoreVia New York Daily News ALBANY — A good government group urged state election officials Thursday to investigate how deep-pocketed donors use the so-called LLC loophole to circumvent contribution limits. Citing examples that included corporate giant Cablevision and mega real…
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