via PR NewsWire “With 11 weeks remaining in the petition drive for redistricting reform, the Independent Maps coalition has exceeded the 507,500 petition signatures collected in the 2014 effort and is on target to reach the new coalition’s goal of 600,000…
Read Morevia Reboot Illinois “In his budget address yesterday, Gov. Rauner for called for a balanced budget. However, this does not mean the same thing in government as it does in the real world. Let’s take a look at how Gov. Rauner…
Read Morevia The Daily Herald “A new newspaper started landing in some Suburban mailboxes this week with articles about state government and politics that emphasize the points of view of certain Republican candidates running for seats in Springfield. The Lake County Gazette…
Read Morevia ABC News “Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s promise to release videos of police shootings in no more than three months was intended to bring more transparency to Chicago, which took more than a year to make public the footage of a…
Read More Read Morevia ABC News “After a new NBC/WSJ poll released yesterday showed Ted Cruz and Donald Trump running neck and neck in the national race for the GOP nomination, the Cruz campaign celebrated and pundits’ immediately began chattering about what this…
Read MoreICPR’s Forum on Building Public Trust by Empowering Community Voices is mentioned in this article via Medill News Service “Police tactics, mental-health awareness and youth engagement were top concerns for a panel of community leaders, government officials and media personalities…
Read More via the Chicago Sun Times on February 18th: The Illinois State Board of Elections ruled Wednesday that Kim Foxx’s campaign for Cook County state’s attorney violated campaign finance laws by not disclosing a $25,000 poll that County Board President…
Read Morevia Chicago Sun-Times “Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday embraced a recommendation for the city to release videos of police-involved shootings — and serious injuries suffered in police custody — no later than 60 days after such an incident happens. In an interview…
Read Morevia Chicago Daily Herald “While Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez started the new year with a big fundraising advantage over her two opponents, one challenger is quickly picking up steam by netting a number of donations from Democratic lawmakers following…
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