Via the Chicago Tribune A political fund backing Mayor Rahm Emanuel has added more than $1 million to its war chest to advocate for the mayor, his City Council allies and political positions he supports in the run-up to the…
Read MoreView Chicago Sun-Times His track record as a businessman should be the strong point of Bruce Rauner’s sales pitch for the governor’s office. Instead, it’s become possibly the greatest liability for the wealthy Republican nominee. “Nobody in my firm was…
Read MoreVia Gotham Gazette New York – Earlier this week, the City Council’s Committee on Governmental Operations convened a hearing to review the Campaign Finance Board’s (CFB) comprehensive report on the money raised and spent during the city’s 2013 elections. At…
Read MoreVia WUIS.com By Amanda Vinicky The tally in the Illinois House on the pension overhaul law. Credit Amanda Vinicky The underfunding of the state’s pensions have grabbed headlines the past several years, and finally reached the political tipping point late…
Read MoreVia Chicago Sun-Times SPRINGFIELD — Republican governor candidate Bruce Rauner and his wife, Diana, have given hundreds of thousands of dollars to protect abortion rights and the environment — traditionally seen as liberal causes. Rauner has given similar amounts to…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Sun-Times Lynn Sweet WASHINGTON — Major unions are pumping big money into a November ballot question about raising Illinois’ minimum wage which in reality is a political tool to energize Democratic voters who are also more than likely to…
Read MoreDear ICPR Friends: ICPR was proud to kick off its Small Donor Democracy initiative with a forum at the DePaul University School of Law on September 18 exploring how such programs can encourage more candidate and voter participation and reduce…
Read MoreVia Chicago Sun-Times The last year has been relatively quiet on the political corruption front. U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon has pushed only a handful of cases alleging wrongdoing by local pols, though he may have more in the works. It’s…
Read MoreVia WUIS.com 91.9 By Sean Crawford The following is an op-ed written by Mike Lawrence for the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois. Lawrence was a longtime journalist, Press Secretary for Gov. Jim Edgar and…
Read MoreVia CBS Chicago This week on ‘At Issue’ political editor Craig Dellimore interviews UIC Political Science Professor Dick Simpson and David Melton, director of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, about all the big money in political campaigns and the…
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