Via Chicago Tribune By John Chase and Bob Secter, Tribune reporters Gregg Brown never met Bruce Rauner before the late summer day the wealthy Republican candidate for governor came calling with $1 million worth of personal checks and an army…
Read MoreVia the State Journal-Register Illinois voters will not get the chance to approve or reject a new process for drawing electoral districts this fall. Hundreds of thousands signed petitions to put a constitutional amendment revising that process onto the November…
Read MoreVia Chicago Sun-Times Chicago’s unfunded pension obligations have ballooned to $37.3 billion — a more than three-fold increase since 2003 — because of inadequate employer contributions, declining investment income and a shrinking base of active employees, a taxpayers’ watchdog group…
Read MoreVia Chicago Sun-Times Four weeks ago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel signed an executive order requiring city contractors and subcontractors to increase the “living wage” paid to their employees by nearly 9 percent — from $11.93 to $13 an hour. Now, Emanuel…
Read MoreVia Chicago Sun-Times WASHINGTON — Major unions are pumping big money into a November ballot question on raising Illinois’ minimum wage, which in reality is a political tool to energize Democratic voters who are also more than likely to vote…
Read MoreVia WUIS Advocates seeking to change how Illinois draws its legislative districts are following through on a promise to keep trying, even after getting knocked off of this year’s ballot. Members of the “Yes for Independent Maps” effort cheered when…
Read MoreVia the Chicago Tribune A political fund backing Mayor Rahm Emanuel has added more than $1 million to its war chest to advocate for the mayor, his City Council allies and political positions he supports in the run-up to the…
Read MoreView Chicago Sun-Times His track record as a businessman should be the strong point of Bruce Rauner’s sales pitch for the governor’s office. Instead, it’s become possibly the greatest liability for the wealthy Republican nominee. “Nobody in my firm was…
Read MoreVia Gotham Gazette New York – Earlier this week, the City Council’s Committee on Governmental Operations convened a hearing to review the Campaign Finance Board’s (CFB) comprehensive report on the money raised and spent during the city’s 2013 elections. At…
Read MoreVia WUIS.com By Amanda Vinicky The tally in the Illinois House on the pension overhaul law. Credit Amanda Vinicky The underfunding of the state’s pensions have grabbed headlines the past several years, and finally reached the political tipping point late…
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