Via Chicago Sun-Times The last year has been relatively quiet on the political corruption front. U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon has pushed only a handful of cases alleging wrongdoing by local pols, though he may have more in the works. It’s…
Read MoreVia WUIS.com 91.9 By Sean Crawford The following is an op-ed written by Mike Lawrence for the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois. Lawrence was a longtime journalist, Press Secretary for Gov. Jim Edgar and…
Read MoreVia CBS Chicago This week on ‘At Issue’ political editor Craig Dellimore interviews UIC Political Science Professor Dick Simpson and David Melton, director of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, about all the big money in political campaigns and the…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune Two years ago, Illinois Democrats parlayed a new political map they drew and the final appearance at the top of the ticket by President Barack Obama to sweep out four Republican congressmen and reverse some of…
Read MoreVia the State Journal-Register With Illinois’ ongoing financial problems and a continuing backlog of bills to pay, Republican Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka’s office has long expedited payments to businesses and organizations most in need of getting paid for their state…
Read MoreVia The Republic HARTFORD, Connecticut — Millions of dollars from outside groups are flowing into Connecticut’s tight race for governor despite a widely heralded publicly funded campaign financing system that’s intended to stem the flow of outside money. Two political…
Read MoreVia Bloomberg Millions more Americans will have the right to drive and walk around U.S. cities with hidden, loaded guns if freelance videographer Edward Peruta wins his fight to carry one on assignment. The sheriff in San Diego rejected Peruta’s…
Read MoreFrom the Chicago Tribune By John Byrne, Tribune reporter A group of Catholic nuns will make an appearance in Chicago today as part of their voter registration bus tour. The Nuns on the Bus will meet with Gov. Pat…
Read MoreVia Huffington Post New York In New York City, candidates for city offices who voluntarily choose to participate in that city’s public funding system receive $6 in public funds for each $1 received in small donations (up to a limit…
Read MoreVia the American Journalism Review In the new multimedia world journalists inhabit, Fernando Diaz, the managing editor of Hoy, Chicago’s Spanish-language daily, is placing his bets on computer codes. His last two hires were both developers: Nick Bennett, who…
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