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20 Jan 2023, 1:49 pm by Kalvis Golde
City of Chicago, Illinois 22-603Issue: Whether a municipality, consistent with the Fourth and 14th Amendments, may sell or destroy property seized for safekeeping from an arrestee, merely because the arrestee is held in custody as a pre-trial detainee for more than 30 days. [read post]
4 Sep 2015, 6:24 am by Jim Sedor
IllinoisChicago Sues Red Light Camera Firm for $300 MillionChicago Tribune – David Kidwell | Published: 8/31/2015 Chicago has brought a $300 million lawsuit against Redlex Traffic Systems based on the company’s bribery scandal involving the city’s red-light camera contract. [read post]
29 Apr 2011, 12:23 pm by Dawn Goulet, Associate
  It is of course impossible to live in the City of Chicago or the State of Illinois without at least appreciating this concern. [read post]
14 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
From the States and Municipalities Arizona – Arizona Republican Said She ‘Barely’ Met with Lobbyists, but Her Calendar Shows Otherwise Arizona Mirror – Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Published: 4/10/2023 Arizona Sen. [read post]
11 Jun 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Abbe Lowell Is the Go-To Lawyer for Embattled Politicians. [read post]
27 Oct 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
From the States and Municipalities California – Sacramento Ethics Commission Dismisses Campaign Contribution Complaint after Investigation Capital Public Radio – Kristin Lam | Published: 10/25/2023 The Sacramento Ethics Commission dismissed a complaint against mayoral candidate Flojuane Cofer and found she did not violate a campaign fundraising rule. [read post]
13 Oct 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
From the States and Municipalities Alabama – Rep. [read post]
2 Oct 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Ransomware Attacks Take on New Urgency Ahead of Vote MSN – Nicole Perloth and David Sanger (New York Times) | Published: 9/27/2020 A company that sells software cities and states use to display results on election night was hit by ransomware, the latest of nearly a thousand such attacks over the past year against small towns, big cities, and the contractors who run their voting systems. [read post]
6 Dec 2018, 9:10 pm by Jonathan Spontarelli
IllinoisChicago Architects Don’t Just Draw – They Shower Aldermen with Campaign CashChicago Tribune – Blair Kamin and Todd Lighty | Published: 12/6/2018 Chicago architects have long been viewed as more high-minded than developers, who are seen as plying the city’s aldermen with campaign money to get their projects off the ground. [read post]
30 Aug 2013, 6:24 am by Jim Sedor
Illinois – DuPage County Board Loosens Cap on Campaign Contributions Chicago Daily Herald – Robert Sanchez | Published: 8/28/2013 In an attempt to align itself with Illinois’ campaign finance law, the DuPage County Board voted to raise the county donation limit from $1,000 to the state standard of $5,300. [read post]
17 Jan 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Court Debates Using Shell Companies to Mask Political Donations Bloomberg Law – Kenneth Doyle | Published: 1/10/2020 A federal appeals court panel heard arguments over the use of shell companies to hide donations in a case that could affect super PAC disclosure in the 2020 election. [read post]
19 Nov 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Gosar for Violent Video in Rare Rebuke Kansas City Star – Kevin Freking and Brian Slodysko (Associated Press) | Published: 11/17/2021 The U.S. [read post]
17 Sep 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
From the States and Municipalities Alaska – GOP Lawmaker Who Refused to Follow Mask Mandate While Flying Says She Can’t Get to the Alaskan Capital MSN – Derek Hawkins (Washington Post) | Published: 9/11/2021 An Alaska lawmaker requested an excusal from the state Senate until mid-January, citing the challenges of traveling to Juneau from Anchorage after she was suspended from flying on Alaska Airlines earlier this year. [read post]
23 Oct 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Back from the Supreme Court, House Pushes DC Circuit for Trump Financials Courthouse News Service – Megan Mineiro | Published: 10/20/2020 A three-judge panel on the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals indicated there is little need for a swift ruling in the legal battle over access to President Trump’s financial records The panel previously upheld the subpoena brought by the House but considered the case for the second time after the U.S. [read post]
5 Mar 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Biden Won’t Release White House Virtual Visitor Logs Politico – Anita Kumar | Published: 3/1/2021 President Biden and is under pressure to do more to restore confidence in the federal government following Donald Trump’s term in the White House. [read post]
10 Oct 2014, 6:11 am by Jim Sedor
Illinois – When Interests Overlap for Durbin, Lobbyist Wife Insurance News Net – Katherine Skiba and Kim Geiger (Chicago Tribune) | Published: 10/5/2014 A Chicago Tribune investigation found instances in which Loretta Durbin’s lobbying clients have received federal funding promoted by her husband, U.S. [read post]
21 Apr 2017, 5:20 am by Jim Sedor
Illinois – Independent Contractor Exemption Suffers Surprise Council DefeatChicago Sun-Times – Fran Spielman | Published: 4/19/2017 The Chicago City Council voted down a controversial measure that would have allowed people working for aldermen as independent contractors to avoid disclosing who else is paying them and exempted them from city ethics rules. [read post]
19 Jan 2010, 1:29 pm by Steven Taber
. --- WLS-TV, January 6, 2010 Chicago Mayor Richard Daley hinted that he may try once again to privatize Midway Airport in Chicago, Illinois. [read post]
22 Apr 2021, 5:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
In Chicago, for example, car rental customers pay a 5 percent Illinois state car rental tax, a 6 percent excise tax levied by the city’s Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA), and another 9 percent personal property lease transaction tax levied by the city of Chicago.[4] State car rental excise taxes are applied either on an ad valorem basis, where the tax applies to a percentage of the sale price, or as a flat dollar amount. [read post]