Via Politico At least a half-dozen major campaign-finance cases winding their way through the courts have the potential to shake up the political landscape in the vein of the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling — or the more recent…
Read MoreVia Business Cheat Sheet It’s not just individuals who feel that they are getting left behind in the political process. With money in politics becoming an ever-hotter issue on the political landscape, small business owners are increasingly feeling that they…
Read MoreVia Austin Weekly News More Austin voters turned out for the midterm elections on Nov. 4, 2014 than they did in 2010, according to voter turnout data from the city of Chicago. Just over 40,000 residents in the 28th, 29th…
Read MoreVia Breitbart Chicago Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL) is being investigated by the House ethics committee for somehow getting his Chicago South Side congressional offices rent free for 20 years, a violation of state and federal laws not to mention House…
Read MoreVia the Belleville News-Democrat By Brian Brueggemann News-Democrat The candidates and their allies again spent millions of dollars trying to get elected. At the top of the spending chart for Illinois’ 2014 election is the governor’s race, which saw roughly…
Read MoreVia State Journal Register By Sophia Tareen and Kerry Lester The Associated Press CHICAGO — Moments after conceding a close election, outgoing Gov. Pat Quinn vowed to fight for a minimum wage hike before leaving office — but whether lawmakers…
Read MoreVia Austin Talks If the combined $100 million spent this year by Gov. Pat Quinn and newly-elected challenger Bruce Rauner didn’t tip you off, this year’s midterm elections were a big deal. And Chicago’s West Side was paying close attention…
Read MoreThat mighty “whoosh!” you’ll be hearing in a few days will be a collective sigh of relief from Illinoisans as one of the nastiest election seasons in recent memory blessedly draws to a close. In the marquee event, of course,…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune Since they won the Super Bowl, members of the 1985 Chicago Bears have made second careers out of promoting apple-pie products like McDonald’s, Coca-Cola and G.I. Joe. Now, they can add a more countercultural item to…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Sun-Times Can an Election Day pilot program be called a success if it was to blame for such long lines that people were still voting at 3 a.m.? Oddly enough, yes. Illinois on Tuesday experimented with same-day…
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