Illinois Sunshine was used as a data source in this article. Via – The Times Hundreds of millions of dollars have changed hands in the race for Illinois Governor alone. Over the course of the entire 2018 governor’s race, J.B….
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Read MoreReform for Illinois (formerly ICPR) Policy Director Alisa Kaplan was quoted in this article. Via – Illinois News Network “A political organization run by Illinois’ largest public sector union just made its largest campaign donation ever to one of the…
Read MoreICPR Board Chair Hon. Susan Garrett was quoted in this article. Via – Daily Herald “In less than two years, the Illinois tollway has hired six Republican insiders for high-level jobs that collectively pay nearly $916,000 a year, including a…
Read MoreIllinois Sunshine was used as a resource in this article. Via – Northwest Herald “As the November general election draws near, Republican candidates for the 6th and 14th Congressional districts are leading in campaign receipts. Funds for Democrat and hopeful…
Read MoreICPR was referenced in this article. Via – WFMY News “Alabama’s Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon has collected more than $248,000 in campaign donations ahead of the Nov. 6 elections. His opponent? Nobody. McCutcheon is one of at least 26 legislative…
Read MoreICPR’s Policy Director Alisa Kaplan appeared on Chicago Tonight. Via – WTTW “The race for Illinois governor has been dominated by two massively wealthy candidates willing to self-fund their campaigns to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, tens…
Read MoreIllinois Sunshine was mentioned in this article. Via – Chicago Sun Times Consider it a “maybe.” “Four years after she dashed her supporters’ hopes, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is officially exploring a run for City Hall. Preckwinkle will…
Read MoreThis week on NBC’s Nightly News, Steve Sandvoss of the Illinois Board of Elections recounted how Illinois’ voting system was targeted by hackers in the 2016 election. While there is no evidence that actual votes were affected, thousands of voter…
Read MoreExecutive Director Mary Miro was quoted in this interview clip. Via – WBBM “A campaign finance expert says Mayor Emanuel could help other candidates with the nearly $8 million left in his political fund. Mary Miro, executive director of the Illinois…
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