via Crain’s When Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office acknowledged that he had made $400,000 in campaign contributions to Republican members of the state Legislature, it opened up a familiar debate. What is the role of money in Illinois politics? Rauner has…
Read Morevia The Week We’ve seen a flurry of presidential campaign announcements over the last several weeks: Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee. Oh my. But there’s still at least one big…
Read Morevia the New York Times CHICAGO — Illinois is facing one of the worst fiscal crises of any state in recent decades, largely because it has mismanaged its pension system. The shortfalls could potentially mean sharply higher taxes and cuts in…
Read Morevia The Washington Post Despite the blur of activity by innumerable candidates, the 2016 presidential campaign so far is a mostly shapeless enterprise, save for one dominant factor: the prominence of money in the narrative. More than anything, money has been…
Read Morevia the Huffington Post Just last year, a wellspring of hope washed over the Federal Election Commission (FEC), as the appointment of two newly minted commissioners, Democrat Ann Ravel and Republican Lee Goodman, raised the prospects that the election watchdog would…
Read Morevia NPR Secret money in politics, especially the corporate variety, has been controversial ever since the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in the Citizens United case. Now, about 70 charitable foundations are asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to end that…
Read Morevia Vox On January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC ruling set the stage for larger and larger sums of money to pour into our electoral system. In the ruling, a majority of justices made clear that they viewed…
Read Morevia the Chicago Tribune If Tinley Park Trustee Dave Seaman is voted in as the town’s next mayor by the village board, he will receive longevity bonuses worth about $36,000 above his base mayoral salary. But the longevity bonuses, which are…
Read Morevia the Springfield News-Leader The newest members of the Springfield school board benefited from a string of high-profile endorsements and the campaign donations that followed. The campaign contributions reported by attorney Jill Patterson and college official Francine Pratt constitute nearly…
Read Morevia www.governing.com Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy dealt a speedy setback Monday to conservative advocacy groups that had sought to shield the names of their major donors in California. Without waiting to consult the full court, Kennedy turned down…
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