via Chicago Tonight “Every 10 years, Illinois lawmakers redraw legislative districts. Critics say it’s a bad system that has legislators selecting their voters as opposed to voters electing their representatives. Independent Maps is a group in Illinois that is leading an…
Read MoreICPR Executive Director Sarah Brune is quoted in this article via The Chicago Reporter “When Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced late last year that the Chicago Police Department would double the number of Tasers in its possession, stock prices jumped for Taser…
Read MoreThe Illinois Campaign for Political Reform is mentioned in this article. via Chicago Tribune “It’s Wednesday, Jan. 20, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel is in Washington, D.C. where he will take part in a U.S. Conference of Mayors panel on violent crime…
Read Morevia NPR “President Obama’s presidency nears its end, reporter Jane Mayer is thinking of a moment at the beginning. She says a group of people gathered on the weekend of Obama’s inauguration in 2009. JANE MAYER: Out in California at a…
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ICPR Board Chair Susan Garrett was quoted in this article via LaSalle News Tribune “A story published this month in the Illinois Times said Frank Mautino received and spent campaign donations during his transition from state representative to state auditor…
Read MoreICPR Executive Director Sarah Brune was interviewed for this news story via NBC 5 Chicago “Illinois taxpayers are paying state employees who show up for work at shuttered museums and other closed facilities at a cost of $1.6 million and…
Read Morevia Belleville News-Democrat “Bob Romanik, a Republican candidate for state representative of District 114, which includes East St. Louis, O’Fallon and Shiloh, donated $125,000 to his campaign last week, according the Illinois State Board of Elections. The donation is the first…
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ICPR Executive Director Sarah Brune is quoted in this article via Chicago Tribune “State Rep. Margo McDermed, R-Mokena, has joined seven other Republicans and three Democrats in calling for tighter controls on the travel expenses of local governments and school…
Read Morevia PBS Newshour “A federal judge in Chicago ordered on Thursday to release footage from 2013 that shows Cedrick Chatman, an unarmed black 17-year-old, being shot to death by police. Chatman was killed while running from the police on foot after…
Read Morevia Reboot Illinois “When boundaries for Illinois General Assembly districts are drawn to give maximum advantage to one political party, there is ample evidence that gerrymandering “works” for that party in the first election under the new maps. On average, the party in control…
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