via the Chicago Tribune The Naperville Development Partnership is hailed by local politicians and business leaders alike as a successful public-private alliance with a proven record of attracting, retaining and promoting Naperville’s businesses. But a Naperville Sun investigation has found…
Read MoreVia the Chicago Sun-Times The Illinois House on Tuesday passed legislation to stop their own pay hikes as Democrats faced increasing pressure during the budget stalemate. The move came after Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner repeatedly beat the drum against the…
Read Morevia The New York Times The federal government has all but surrendered to the powerful, rich donors whose anonymous contributions threaten to undermine the 2016 elections. The commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, John Koskinen, signaled as much on Thursday when…
Read MoreVia Brennan Center for Justice, Common Cause, Democracy 21, Democracy Matters, Demos, Every Voice, Issue One, Mayday, People for the American Way, Public Citizen, Represent.Us, U.S. PIRG Like every generation before us, Americans are coming together to preserve a democracy of…
Read MoreVia Chicago Sun-Times The writing has been on the wall for Chicago’s plan to save two of four city employee pension funds ever since the Il. Supreme Court overturned state pension reforms, but Mayor Rahm Emanuel chose to ignore it….
Read Morevia Roll Call Senate appropriators folded into a draft spending bill a provision long sought by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that would relax campaign finance coordination rules between candidates and the political parties. This marks the second time in less than a…
Read Morevia The Washington Post CHICAGO — Federal judges who tossed several of Rod Blagojevich’s corruption convictions endeavored to answer a question legal observers said Wednesday had gone largely unanswered: Just when does an elected official cross the line between legal and…
Read MoreVia the New Yorker When Scott Walker announced last week that he is running for President, he pledged to pursue a conservative agenda that will transfer power back to the states. “We need new, fresh leadership, leadership with big, bold…
Read MoreVia Politico Just one in 10 Americans feels that the post-Citizens United campaign fundraising climate has improved the presidential election process, according to a new Monmouth University survey out Wednesday. In fact, nearly half of those surveyed (48 percent) said…
Read Morevia The New York Times CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — FOR the first time in modern history, the leading issue concerning voters in the upcoming presidential election, according to a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, is that “wealthy individuals and corporations will have too…
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