Via Common Dreams Republican lawmakers hoping to rake in more campaign cash from Wall Street are challenging a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule that limits the amount of money financiers can give to governors and state officials. Last week,…
Read MoreVia The State Journal-Register CHICAGO — A group that wants to put legislative term limits on the November ballot told an Illinois appeals court Thursday that voters deserve a chance to approve a measure the General Assembly never will pass…
Read MoreVia The State Journal-Register Republicans spent Thursday hammering home the idea that 10 years of Democratic control of the Statehouse has been ruinous for Illinois and it is time for a change. And a day after Democrats tried to portray…
Read Morevia The Columbus Dispatch The U.S. Senate is wasting taxpayer money and keeping the public in the dark about its donors by letting the Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act languish. This is a common-sense bill that would require Senate candidates…
Read MoreVia CBS Tampa Bay TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) – Former Gov. Charlie Crist is getting some help for his campaign from taxpayers. Crist on Friday received nearly $616,000 in public matching funds. Former state senator Nan Rich has also received matching…
Read MoreVia The State Journal-Register CHICAGO — A group led by Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner will present oral arguments in its ongoing court battle to get a term limits measure on the November ballot. The Committee for Legislative Reform and…
Read MoreVia Chicago Sun-Times SPRINGFIELD — Raise the minimum wage! Release your tax returns, Bruce Rauner and Jim Oberweis! Rich guys who “stash” their money in the Cayman Islands can’t relate to the average Illinois Joe! Hammering it all home, a…
Read MoreVia The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Republicans are gathering in Springfield to make a push to reclaim political power in Illinois, including the governor’s mansion. Party officials and candidates from the top to the bottom of the ticket plan to…
Read MoreVia The State Journal-Register Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday painted Republican Bruce Rauner as a rich man out of touch with the “everyday people” that he champions during the annual gathering of Democrats in Springfield during the run of the…
Read MoreVia Chicago Sun-Times Republican governor nominee Bruce Rauner seems to have momentum, but it’s much too early to be writing Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn’s concession speech. In the past few weeks, Larry Sabato, a political scientist from the University of…
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