While the race for governor is attracting the lion’s share of attention this election season, two of the most important elections in Illinois are for the state Supreme Court. With a rare pair of open seats and the Republican party…
Read MoreRFI ED Alisa Kaplan spoke at a League of Women Voters event this week about the ranked choice voting (RCV) referendum on the ballot in Evanston this November. “One of the big advantages of ranked-choice voting is you should have…
Read MoreRFI ED Alisa Kaplan spoke with Greg Bishop of The Center Square about last-minute campaign spending before Election Day. “For a lot of voters, they’re kind of sitting back and waiting until they absolutely have to pay attention because they’re…
Read MoreRFI Policy Analyst Kiley Marron spoke with Law360 about money in Illinois’ Supreme Court races this cycle, and how spending by billionaires and special interest groups can undermine the integrity of our judicial system. Read the article here.
Read MoreRFI Executive Director Alisa Kaplan was interviewed on The 21st Show (produced by Illinois Public Media) about the controversial ‘pink slime’ newspapers hitting mailboxes across Illinois. Listen here.
Read MoreRFI Executive Director Alisa Kaplan spoke with Block Club Chicago about the Chicago City Wire mailers popping up in mailboxes across Chicago. “The mailers appeared during campaign season and will likely disappear after the election; the goal is clearly to…
Read MoreRFI Executive Director Alisa Kaplan spoke with Greg Hinz of Crain’s Chicago Business about the new “Chicago City Wire” publication flooding mailboxes in Chicago. “Chicago City Wire” is one of eleven weekly newsletters published across Illinois by a group called…
Read MoreIllinois Democrats are outraising their Republican counterparts as the general election draws nearer. According to Reform for Illinois’ Sunshine Database, incumbent JB Pritzker started the year by giving his campaign $90 million, and added another $35 million to his campaign…
Read MoreA Chicago businessman just quietly gave the largest reported donation ever to a political nonprofit. Barre Seid, former CEO of electrical product manufacturing company Tripp Lite, has donated $1.6 billion to Marble Freedom, the conservative advocacy group credited with helping…
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