…primaries for both parties were held on March 20, 2018, and the incumbent Governor Bruce Rauner spent $16 million to win the Republican Party nomination. J.B. Pritzker, heir to the…
GOP wants to flood politics with dark money using hidden “policy riders”
…National Committee have expressed their pleasure with this bill, noting that it allows them to compete fairly. The times demand this legislation. There are certain periods in our Nation’s history…
Chinese Corporation Alibaba Joins Group Ghostwriting American Laws
…also revealed that the American subsidiary of SingHaiyi, a Singapore-listed real estate firm controlled by Chinese nationals, provided a $1.3 million donation to the Super PAC supporting Jeb Bush during…
Billionaire vs. Billionaire: Illinois Governors Race Breaking All State Campaign Finance Records
…of the nation’s largest private equity firms and an investor in dozens more, Rauner is a major investor in Ken Griffin’s Citadel Tactical Trading in Chicago. Citadel is one of…
Stronger Judicial Recusal Rules Vital for an Impartial State Judiciary
By Jay Heck, Common Cause Wisconsin Wisconsin, from statehood in 1848 to about a decade ago, in 2007, had a national reputation for having among the most respected, impartial, non-partisan,…
Arizona “Ground Zero” for Koch Attack on Public Education
…worst paid in the nation. Arizona Governor Ducey, who has been attending Koch donor summits since 2011, is up for reelection in 2018 and is all of sudden pledging new…
Chicago’s “Independent” Project Six Funded By Illinois Policy Institute
…organization focused on building news bureaus in state capitals across the nation, announced that Illinois News Network’s publisher and General Manager Chris Krug will be its new President. (CMD reported…
Carrying Water for the Kochs, Mackinac Center Misleads on Professional Licensing
…for average Americans. They not only don’t have the funds, they frequently don’t have the rights, thanks to the ALEC “tort” bills that have swept the nation making it harder…
ALEC Gives Top Award to Legislator Jailed for Trying to Sneak Loaded Gun on a Plane
Colorado State Representative Lori Saine (R-63) arrived a little later than expected to this week’s American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) States & Nation Policy Summit in Nashville, but she had…
ALEC Hires Former Koch Staffer to Lead Its Energy Task Force
…the American Gas Association. Kidwell’s first week at ALEC comes as the group holds its States and Nation Policy Summit, currently taking place in Nashville, Tennessee. Among the measures being…