Via Daily Herald This gubernatorial election is one for the record books. With less than three weeks left until Election Day, Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner have combined to raise more than $50 million, by far…
Read MoreVia Progress Illinois With just under two weeks until election day, a new analysis of campaign finance data is highlighting the “outsized influence of big money” in Illinois races. For its report on campaign finance, the public interest group Illinois PIRG Education Fund looked…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune A federal judge has granted a request by a Chicago attorney to appoint a monitor to oversee hiring at the Illinois Department of Transportation, dealing a blow to Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn less than two weeks…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune With less than two weeks until Election Day, the race for Illinois governor is a dead heat as Republican challenger Bruce Rauner has made significant inroads among suburban voters, especially women, a new Chicago Tribune poll…
Read MoreVia Illinois PIRG In this year’s campaigns, bigger wallets give a small set of mega-donors an outsized voice, according to new information released today by Illinois PIRG Education Fund and Demos. In the congressional primaries, just 426 donors who gave…
Read MoreVia Facing South Greetings, and thank you for inviting me to be part of this critical discussion about money in our democracy. I’m especially honored to be here with two individuals — Commissioner Weintraub and Rep. Harrison — who have…
Read MoreVia WUIS 91.9 The race for Illinois governor is one of the most expensive match-ups in the nation. A new report shows that most of that comes from relatively few donors. Money’s flying into the race between Gov. Pat Quinn…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune Facing off for the final time in the contentious race for governor, Gov. Pat Quinn decried “savage cuts” in a Bruce Rauner budget, while the Republican challenger repeatedly branded the Democratic chief executive a “phony” and a…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Sun-Times Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to wipe out the amusement tax exemption that has long benefited cable television companies will cost the average cable customer $2.40 more-a-month and $28.80 more-a-year, a top mayoral aide disclosed Monday. “That’s…
Read MoreVia the State Journal-Register CHICAGO — Locked in a neck-and-neck contest ahead of November, Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner sparred on jobs, Illinois’ financial issues and qualifications in their final televised debate Monday. Like the previous two debates,…
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