Via Chicago Tribune Just as deep-pocketed business leaders are contributing cash to help Mayor Rahm Emanuel maintain a City Council that backs his agenda, major unions are doling out dollars to try to reshape a council more to their liking….
Read MoreVia Herald-Whig WASHINGTON (AP) – In a reversal of the usual worries about political influence on electoral map-making, the Supreme Court is being asked to let raw politics play an even bigger role in the drawing of congressional district boundaries….
Read MoreVia IVN Redistricting has been a contentious process since the early 1800s, when Governor Elbridge Gerry signed a bill that reshaped electoral districts in Massachusetts to benefit the Democratic-Republicans. This manipulation of the redistricting process was nicknamed a Gerry-Mander, partially…
Read MoreVia NPR It was February of 2009. President Obama had been in office less than a full month. His approval rating was over 60, and nearly 60 percent of the House and Senate seats were held by Democrats. The country…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune At the gathering to kick off the campaign to elect Jennifer Planson, Bill Carpenter and Kathleen Hirsman to the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board, campaign manager Joan Brandeis said they warned the people there it…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune Voters sent a warning to more than 1 in 4 sitting aldermen this week, forcing them into one-on-one contests April 7 against challengers who are trying to create a wave of discontent with the status quo…
Read Morevia The Chicago Tribune In the sometimes quirky and symbolic math of politics, Mayor Rahm Emanuel lost the expectations game Tuesday, even though he captured more votes in a re-election bid than any of the four rivals hoping to unseat…
Read MoreVia Aljazeera America Chicago voters endorsed by a wide margin Tuesday a plan to institute public campaign financing and limit outside contributions. The ballot measure, though non-binding, begins a process that will now move to city and state government, where…
Read MoreVia Reboot Illinois Dishonest Chicago aldermen, crooked Cook County pols, sleazy suburban overlords and untoward state officials. There’s also: infamous shoeboxes stuffed with thousands in embezzled cash, courtesy of the late Illinois Secretary of State Paul Powell; the groundbreaking “Hired…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune At the gathering to kick off the campaign to elect Jennifer Planson, Bill Carpenter and Kathleen Hirsman to the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board, campaign manager Joan Brandeis said they warned the people there it…
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