Via Reboot Illinois At a first-of-its-kind convention in September, then-gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner called millennials “the key” to building a bright future for our state. He vowed to listen to the ideas of several hundred millennials who had convened to…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Sun-Times The $2 million super PAC created to re-elect Mayor Rahm Emanuel and strengthen his City Council majority is coming to the rescue of 17 of the mayor’s most loyal supporters. Chicago Forward is hoping to put…
Read MoreVia City Journal Back in the mid-1980s, many observers considered Donald Manes, Queens borough president and chairman of the Queens County Democratic Party, a leading contender to succeed Ed Koch as mayor of New York. But in 1986, after a…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune Mayor Rahm Emanuel is building the most potent political cash machine in Chicago history by focusing on an elite circle of donors who frequently receive City Hall benefits, ranging from contracts and permits to appointments and…
Read MoreVia Brennan Center for Justice The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that could drastically limit the ability of voters to take responsibility for redistricting decisions out of the hands of legislators. The case, Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona…
Read MoreVia The Greenwich Time CHICAGO (AP) — Multimillionaire Bruce Rauner was one of the top donors in the U.S. to 2014 state-level political campaigns, sinking more of his own money into his successful bid for Illinois governor and other races…
Read MoreVia BGA In an effort to shine a light on the major issues facing the next Mayor of Chicago, the Better Government Association (BGA) asked City Hall aspirants to respond to the 2015 BGA Chicago Mayoral Questionnaire. All five of…
Read MoreVia The Buffalo News It’s not surprising that as state government reels from another scandal just months after the scandal of an incumbent governor raising eight times as much as his GOP challenger – making the election moot – the…
Read MoreVia NPR The political network led by industrialists Charles and David Koch plans to spend $889 million for the 2016 elections. In modern politics, it’s more than just a ton of money. It’s about as much as the entire…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Sun-Times Mayoral challenger Willie Wilson bought himself instant credibility — and TV time to introduce himself to Chicago voters — by lending his campaign $1 million of his own money. Now, he’s doubling down on that investment….
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