via Chicago Tribune “Mayor Rahm Emanuel will take the rare step Wednesday of delivering a speech on Chicago’s woeful police misconduct record to the City Council, which has approved hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements for victims of police…
Read Morevia Chicago Tribune “Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan indicated Wednesday that he wants the state income tax rate to return to its previous high of 5 percent to help balance the state’s out-of-whack budget. During a rare speech, Madigan was…
Read Morevia Chicago Tribune “Hundreds of protesters are marching and chanting in the Loop and the Mag Mile Wednesday afternoon, demanding the resignation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel in the wake of videos showing alleged police misconduct. The protest began outside City…
Read Morevia The New York Times “Washington—The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a voting rights case that has the potential to shift political power from urban areas to rural ones, a move that would provide a big boost to Republican…
Read Morevia CRAIN’s Chicago Business “(Reuters) — Illinois has bent or broken every sound budgeting practice and should adopt reforms to help dig its way out of a huge pile of debt, according to a report released by the University of…
Read Morevia The Salt Lake Tribune “Sen. Mike Lee’s campaign says it will donate about $40,000 to several charities this month, giving away funds suspected to be made illegally by indicted St. George businessman Jeremy Johnson. The alleged impropriety prompted an…
Read Morevia REBOOT Illinois “When reporter Kurt Erickson began covering the Illinois Statehouse, Jim Edgar was governor, George Ryan was secretary of state, Rod Blagojevich was a little-known state representative and a civil rights attorney from Chicago named Barack Obama was…
Read Morevia Chicago Sun-Times “At least 1,300 union employees packed the city’s Plumber’s Union Hall on Saturday as they listened to several rallying cries from union leaders amidst the state’s budget impasse and union contract struggles. “Gov. Rauner, stop holding the…
Read Morevia Quad City Daily News “Never have so few people given so much campaign money in the modern history of Illinois politics. That’s the big takeaway of a New York Times profile this week of millionaire Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s run for…
Read MoreGovernor Rauner met with legislative leaders Hon. John C. Cullerton, Hon. Michael Madigan, Hon. Jim Durkin, and Hon. Christine Rodogno on Tuesday, December 1st to discuss the ongoing budget impasse. ICPR thinks this meeting is a good start in finding a budget resolution…
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