Via The Miami Herald SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Questionable campaign practices at the state and local level prompted state lawmakers to approve three reform bills Monday, including one adopted after a lobbyist was fined for hosting fundraisers at his home. SB1443 would…
Read MoreVia Chicago Sun-Times SPRINGFIELD — Republican Bruce Rauner not only has personal investments in the Cayman Islands, but he presided over his former private equity firm as it set up other investment vehicles in the Caribbean tax haven known for…
Read MoreVia The New York Times One afternoon in October 2009, a former banking executive named Aaron Siegel waited impatiently in the master bedroom of a house in Buffalo that served as his office. As he stared at the room’s old…
Read MoreVia The Cap Times “Fighting Bob” La Follette, Russ Feingold and… Scott Walker? Wisconsin has a history of politicians who have crusaded for campaign finance reform, but Gov. Walker’s name isn’t typically associated with the fight. But Walker led the…
Read MoreVia Libreprensa Office of The Governor See the forest for the trees. The swirl of attention around Gov. Cuomo’s shuttering of the Moreland Commission is an easy distraction. Like a magician’s trick, it takes our attention off of where it should really…
Read MoreVia WUIS Even though Illinois’ general election is months away, a controversial ballot question could be answered by the end of this week. Friday is the deadline for a term limits initiative to make it on the ballot. Republican’s nominee…
Read MoreVia The Tampa Tribune DENVER (AP) — Citizens United is suing after the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office ruled a movie the conservative group is producing falls under state campaign laws. The Virginia-based group sued Secretary of State Scott Gessler…
Read MoreVie Examiner As we told you in Part 1 and Part 2, the “Mitt Romney of Illinois politics is Bruce Rauner,” who is running for governor of Illinois. Rauner is trying to buy his way into the governor’s office. In the recent history of Illinois…
Read MoreVia Common Dreams Republican lawmakers hoping to rake in more campaign cash from Wall Street are challenging a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule that limits the amount of money financiers can give to governors and state officials. Last week,…
Read MoreVia The State Journal-Register CHICAGO — A group that wants to put legislative term limits on the November ballot told an Illinois appeals court Thursday that voters deserve a chance to approve a measure the General Assembly never will pass…
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