Via RJ.org At the last L’Taken seminar, Illinois students lobbied their Senators and Representative about the critical importance of campaign finance reform. Jonah Helbraun and Ryan Liberman of Temple Beth-El in Northbrook, IL, and Francesca Block of Congregation Hakafa in…
Read MoreVia the Chicago Sun-Times Illinois is teetering on the financial abyss — a $100 billion deep canyon in public employee pension funding. The financial crisis, longer life expectancies, and cost-of-living increases far above recent inflation are a big part of…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune Rahm Emanuel’s fundraising prowess became the focus of the fourth forum of Chicago’s mayoral campaign Thursday night as his challengers accused him of using pay-to-play politics to amass more than $30 million during his city…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune Early voting started Monday ahead of Chicago’s Feb. 24 Election Day, and candidates already are appealing to supporters to go to the polls now rather than waiting for the election. Early voting will be offered…
Read MoreVia Crain’s Chicago Business Chicago’s upcoming municipal elections provide an opportunity to take a hard look at how well the exercise of democracy is working in the city. Favorable evidence would be an electorate that is fully engaged and candidates…
Read MoreVia the Brennan Center for Justice What should a useable framework for political reform achieve? First, it should rest on an accurate description of what’s wrong with the current political process. Second, it should lead to policy responses that are…
Read MoreVia Vox.com I am a member of Congress. I’m not going to tell you from where, or from which party. But I serve, and I am honored to serve. I serve with good people (and some less good ones), and…
Read MoreVia the Progressive Midwesterner Earlier today, Bruce Rauner, the Republican governor of our state that we instinctively know as Illinois, outlined his plan to drive down wages, infringe on the rights of Illinois workers, and destroy an already weak Illinois…
Read MoreThe upcoming February 24th City of Chicago ballot will include an important advisory referendum question: “Should the City of Chicago or the State of Illinois reduce the influence of special interest money in elections by financing campaigns using small contributions…
Read MoreVia Los Alamos Daily Post Research and Polling for Common Cause New Mexico (CCNM) recently conducted a poll, which revealed voters want to see ethics and finance reforms in election campaigns. A poll conducted Jan. 9-13 revealed registered voters are…
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