Via Before It’s News We are celebrating September with blog posts and an event dedicated to improving the ways the public learns about how influencers get their voices heard in Washington. Complete, systemic overhauls—such as public financing or a Constitutional amendment—get the headlines, but…
Read MoreVia Progress Illinois Advocates for campaign finance reform say the U.S. Senate is expected to make an historic vote today on Senate Joint Respolution 19. That’s the proposed constitutional amendment that would give Congress and the states control of political campaign…
Read MoreVia Fox Chicago (FOX 32 News) He was forced to resign by the city of Chicago and barred from ever working for the city again. Yet Brian Garner may still wind up back on the city’s payroll as an alderman….
Read MoreVia Santa Fe New Mexican A group that long has advocated reforming campaign finance laws and strengthening laws related to government ethics is launching a $200,000 advertising campaign in the state to draw attention to the issue of money in…
Read MoreVia NBC Chicago Beside recruiting President Barack Obama’s former adviser David Plouffe to lead its policy branch, Uber has brought on a small army of lobbyists to tackle political issues on the state level—and here in Illinois, the fast-rising start-up…
Read MoreFrom the Chicago Tribune (Editorial) We’ve often wondered if Faisal Khan knew what he was getting into when he accepted the job as Chicago’s first legislative watchdog. Now we know. “I cannot believe the third biggest metropolis in this country…
Read MoreVia The Institute for Southern Studies Election Day 2014 is more than eight weeks away, but one winner is already clear: Big Money. According to the election spending watchdog website OpenSecrets.org, U.S. House and Senate candidates have already raked in more…
Read MoreVia The state Journal-Register CHICAGO — Illinois’s gubernatorial race turned to the question of whether a candidate’s personal wealth should be a qualifying factor in holding public office with the Democratic lieutenant governor candidate saying Thursday that Republican Bruce Rauner…
Read MoreVia DsNews The number of foreclosure filings in a six-county region in Illinois that includes Chicago dropped by nearly 38 percent from the first half of 2013 to the first half of 2014, falling to its lowest level since 2007,…
Read MoreVia The Washington Post Remember back in April when the Supreme Court struck down the total contribution limit for individual donors? Well, lots (and lots) of wealthy individuals have taken advantage of their new freedom to give to as many candidates…
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