Via The Chicago Sun-Times Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to wipe out the amusement tax exemption that has long benefited cable television companies will cost the average cable customer $2.40 more-a-month and $28.80 more-a-year, a top mayoral aide disclosed Monday. “That’s…
Read MoreVia the State Journal-Register CHICAGO — Locked in a neck-and-neck contest ahead of November, Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner sparred on jobs, Illinois’ financial issues and qualifications in their final televised debate Monday. Like the previous two debates,…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner combined to spend more than $21 million on TV and radio ads from July through September, state campaign records show. Rauner raised and spent more than $20…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Sun-Times Two years ago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration banned Windy City Electric Co. from getting any more city business over allegations it fraudulently landed millions of dollars in contracts set aside for companies owned by women. But…
Read MoreVia The Chicago tribune Executives of a nursing home chain owned by Bruce Rauner’s investment firm made banned campaign contributions to Ohio lawmakers in 2003 and then improperly billed Medicaid for reimbursement of the donations, according to court records in…
Read MoreVia Chicago Sun-Times Mayor Rahm Emanuel has gotten more than $125,000 in campaign contributions from 51 employees of United Airlines and American Airlines in recent months as he prepares to make pivotal decisions affecting O’Hare Airport’s two largest carriers. The…
Read MoreVia The University of Chicago Institute of Politics Federal Election Commission Vice Chair Ann Ravel joins the Institute of Politics to discuss the recent evolution of our campaign finance system and the challenges and opportunities for the FEC in this…
Read MoreVia The Washington Post Here’s the rare idea about which both Democrats and Republicans agree: Way too few members of Congress emerge from competitive House races — and it’s causing problems. “Put congressional reform atop the national agenda,” wrote David…
Read MoreVia Sun-Times It’s so much easier to dig a hole than to climb out. And Chicago’s hole is very deep. We’re talking here about the city’s nearly $20 billion public employee pension liability, a money pit so huge it threatens…
Read MoreVia The New York Times To the Editor: David Brooks’s declaration that “money is really not important when both candidates are well financed” (“Money Matters Less,” column, Oct. 10) undermines his assurances that Americans need not worry about the flood…
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