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Super PACs make mockery of campaign finance reform

Via ctpost When a candidate for office gets handed $6.5 million in public money to run a campaign over about four months, it seems that should be enough, right? But no. Both of the major party candidates for governor of Connecticut…

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Rauner loses another round in term limit referendum bid

Via the Chicago Tribune Republican governor candidate Bruce Rauner lost another round in his bid to get a term limit referendum before voters today when an appellate court upheld a Cook County judge’s ruling that kept it off the November…

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Blagojevich, state corruption feature in ruling

Via State Journal Register By The Associated Press CHICAGO — A federal appeals court has taken on the issue of pay-to-play corruption in Illinois under disgraced ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit by…

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Ethics Commission to investigate Palumbo, Solomon

Via WPRI PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – State Rep. Peter Palumbo and Providence City Council President Michael Solomon will be the subject of separate state Ethics Commission investigations after complaints were filed against both men earlier this month. The commission now…

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New Book Exposes the Death of Campaign Finance Reform

Via Newswise Newswise — ATLANTA— The U.S. Supreme Court’s many attacks on campaign finance reform have turned democracy into a system that favors the wealthy and marginalizes ordinary citizens, Georgia State University College of Law Associate Professor Tim Kuhner writes…

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Rauner speaks out against limits on ride-sharing industry

Via Chicago Tribune Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner on Tuesday urged Gov. Pat Quinn to veto a bill that would provide oversight of the largely unregulated industry of ride-sharing, including requiring drivers of companies such as Uber to have commercial…

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