From MSNBC By Zachary Roth One prominent campaign finance reformer is out to curb the influence of Super PACs on politics. How? By starting a Super PAC of his own, of course. Lawrence Lessig’s plan may make for some cheap headlines…
Read MoreVIA Better Government Association (Chicago Sun-Times) Better Government Association Justice Lloyd Karmeier has been on the Illinois Supreme Court for a decade. But now he finds himself on the other side of the bench — drawn into a federal racketeering…
Read MoreFrom Chicago Tribune By Rick Pearson Tribune reporter Republican governor candidate Bruce Rauner’s fundraising operation isn’t taking the summer off, based on new campaign disclosure reports filed with the State Board of Elections. Rauner’s camp reported receiving $853,450 in donations…
Read MoreFrom the Chicago Sun Times & Better Government Association But leave it to a few Chicago aldermen to rain on the mayor’s reform parade by initially balking at the monitor’s request that they follow the same “do-not-hire” list when they’re…
Read MoreFrom the Chicago Sun-Times Natasha Korecki Sydney Lawson Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford’s office has offered an expansive college internship program during his tenure, giving more than 100 students tens of thousands of dollars in summer pay — and a plum…
Read MoreFrom the Chicago Tribune By Rick Pearson Clout Street 8:42 a.m. CDT, July 14, 2014 Democratic state treasurer candidate Mike Frerichs says he thinks lawmakers should “go back to the drawing board” and start over on changes to public employee…
Read MoreFrom the Pantagraph.com CHICAGO (AP) — A company once partially owned by Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner’s investment firm started making campaign contributions to Illinois Democrats after it won a multimillion-dollar Cook County contract, according to a report published Wednesday…
Read MoreFrom the Chicago Tribune By Bill Ruthhart A group challenging the remap of Chicago’s new ward boundaries lost its appeal in federal court on Wednesday. The League of Women Voters of Chicago filed a lawsuit in April 2013 alleging the…
Read MoreFrom the Chicago Tribune July 9, 2014 We keep wondering when Democrats in the Illinois House — forlorn little mushrooms on whom Speaker Michael Madigan regularly dumps his putrid embarrassments — will decide they’ve had enough of self-serving-antics-by-Mike. Maybe never….
Read MoreFrom the SJR.com By Michael Tarm The Associated Press CHICAGO — Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration should face federal scrutiny to ensure it complies with bans on political hiring for nonpolitical jobs, an anti-patronage lawyer argued in a Tuesday filing, which…
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