Via The Chicago Tribune Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday sought to make the case for his first-term record on ethics and pledged to put more information online about bidding for City Hall contracts if he’s re-elected. Not mentioned during the…
Read MoreVia Gapers Block I have figured out how Chicago can get an Elected School Board, how the election laws can stop being endlessly rigged, how actual campaign finance reform can become a possibility, how incessant Pay to Play scams can…
Read MoreVia The Huffington Post This story was originally published by The Center for Public Integrity, which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization in Washington, D.C. Democrats made sport of decrying, vilifying and crucifying the billionaire Koch brothers for injecting…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Sun-Times This month, the Illinois General Assembly passed a sweeping voting rights bill that brings our state’s antiquated election system into the 21st century. The landmark legislation means voting will now be a simple, high-integrity process, so…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune There are still a few days left for candidates to file petitions, and the election is not until April, but at least one local political action group is already poised to try to influence the race…
Read MoreVia Mass Live In the debate over the financing of political campaigns, each side can bring its argument back to our nation’s bedrock principles. Boiled down to their essential elements: Those favoring limits on donations to candidates and political parties…
Read MoreVia Chicago Tribune SPRINGFIELD — A federal prosecutor on Monday launched into closing arguments in a corruption trial that touched on money, sex, the president’s longtime golfing buddy and the alleged theft of state grant funds designed to fight cancer,…
Read MoreVia The Daily Illini This year’s midterm election saw big gains for Republicans across the country, including Illinois, where republicans took control of the governor’s mansion for the first time since 2003. In Illinois’ gubernatorial race, Republican businessman Bruce Rauner…
Read MoreVia The Washington Post CONGRESS TRIED to limit the influence of wealthy political donors in successive reforms over several decades. The Supreme Court undid a lot of that work in successive rulings over the past decade. Now, instead of shoring…
Read MoreVia The Campaign Legal Center The U.S. House of Representatives today threw all but the wealthiest voters under the bus. Less than two months after an election where Members promised voters the world, the House betrayed voters by passing an…
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