Via Politico The Koch brothers and their allies are pumping tens of millions of dollars into a data company that’s developing detailed, state-of-the-art profiles of 250 million Americans, giving the brothers’ political operation all the earmarks of a national party….
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune Gov. Pat Quinn is not short on late-inning drama as he prepares to leave office in about a month. A contentious 4-3 vote by the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority board allowed Quinn’s former campaign manager, Lou…
Read MoreVia Hyde Park Herald Illinois House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie (D-25) will receive the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform’s Dawn Clark Netsch “Straight Talk” Award next week. The award will be presented to the 18-term representative and longtime resident…
Read MoreVia The Daily Beast With Mitch McConnell soon to be in charge, look for the Senate to become the locus of attacks on campaign finance reform. He’s starting now. Is there anyone who thinks the urgent problem we need to…
Read MoreVia Crain’s Chicago Business Even before taking office as governor, Bruce Rauner is facing his first questions about conflicts of interest over his wife’s decision to continue as president of a nonprofit that gets millions of dollars in state funding. Diana…
Read MoreVia Public Campaign There’s no denying it. Big money in elections is getting bigger and the increased cost of elections is fueled by a shrinking handful of America’s wealthiest individuals. Many solution-oriented advocates believe one of the major paths to…
Read MoreVia Think Progress WASHINGTON, DC — Months after the U.S. Supreme Court radically expanded the rights of corporations to political speech and religious liberty, top business leaders gathered at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington DC on Wednesday to…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune Chicago mayoral hopeful Jesus “Chuy” Garcia more than doubled the amount of cash in his campaign fund Tuesday by depositing a single check from a major government workers union, but it did little to close the…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune Your lame duck legislature is fiddling with the Illinois Freedom of Information Act again. No good can come of that. Before they leave town this week, lawmakers with nothing to lose could be asked to vote…
Read MoreVia Huffington Post WASHINGTON — Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is trying to use a massive appropriations bill to loosen campaign finance rules. The Republican leader’s office is attempting to attach a policy rider to the omnibus bill that would effectively…
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