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26 Jan 2009, 10:45 am
Reminded that many people, including Obama, have called on him to resign and that Mayor Richard Daley even called him "cuckoo," the governor said, "Here's a question I have to you, to Mayor Daley and everyone else: Whatever happened to the presumption of innocence? [read post]
3 Nov 2017, 6:25 am by Jim Sedor
Illinois: Emanuel’s Ethics Board Walks Back $2,500 Fines Against 3 Who Illegally Lobbied HimChicago Tribune – Bill Ruthhart | Published: 10/27/2017 In July, the Chicago Board of Ethics fined businessperson Jim Abrams, Linden Capital Partners President Tony Davis, and attorney Alan King $2,500 each after finding they failed to register as lobbyists after seeking to influence Mayor Rahm Emanuel through his personal email account. [read post]
21 Jul 2017, 6:28 am by Jim Sedor
Illinois: Emanuel Email Case Nets Five More Lobbying ViolationsBetter Government Association – Jared Rutecki | Published: 7/19/2017 The Chicago Board of Ethics found that five more people who sought to influence City Hall by contacting Mayor Rahm Emanuel on his personal email broke the city’s lobbying laws. [read post]
14 Jun 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Supreme Court Rules California Man Can’t Trademark ‘Trump Too Small’ Associated Press News – Mark Sherman | Published: 6/13/2024 The U.S. [read post]
21 Oct 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Activists Push for Disclosure of Clients and Income of Judges’ Spouses MSN – Hailey Fuchs (Politico) | Published: 10/20/2022 A coalition of judicial advocacy and watchdog groups are calling on Congress to establish greater disclosure requirements for the spouses of federal judges. [read post]
26 Jan 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Billionaires Wanted to Save the News Industry. [read post]
5 Jul 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Stephen Bannon Plans to Record His Podcast and Then Report to Prison DNyuz – Ken Bensinger (New York Times) | Published: 7/1/2024 Immediately before reporting for a four-month sentence in federal prison, Stephen Bannon, the longtime adviser to former President Trump, will host the two final hours of his podcast from just outside the low-security facility in Danbury, Connecticut. [read post]
14 Jul 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
But former Providence Mayor Vincent Cianci Jr. did make the second group of inductees in 2022, along with former Vice President Spiro Agnew and former New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker. [read post]
14 Aug 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Taking Protest to the Streets, and the Mayor’s Front Door MSN – Mike Baker and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs (New York Times) | Published: 8/10/2020 Public protests this year have most often featured marches and rallies through public gathering places, sometimes escalating into broken shop windows, torched cars, and clashes with the police. [read post]
5 Apr 2018, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
Illinois – Rahm Emanuel, Challengers Won’t Have Fundraising Limits in 2019 Mayoral ElectionChicago Tribune – Bill Ruthhart | Published: 4/8/2019 Willie Wilson made a $100,000 contribution to his own campaign for Chicago mayor, a donation that lifts the caps on campaign contributions for all candidates in the crowded 2019 race. [read post]
3 Mar 2017, 6:31 am by Jim Sedor
      National: Companies Lobbying Government Keep Spending Secret from Shareholders: ReportInternational Business Times – David Sirota | Published: 3/1/2017 A new report finds just 12 percent of publicly traded corporations in the S&P 500 disclose their lobbying expenditures to shareholders. [read post]
16 Oct 2015, 6:19 am by Jim Sedor
” Illinois – Former Chicago Public Schools Chief to Plead Guilty to Bribery SchemeChicago Tribune – Jason Meisner and Juan Perez, Jr. | Published: 10/8/2015 Former Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officer Barbara Byrd-Bennett will plead guilty to charges she gave a no-bid $20.5 million contract to a former employer in exchange for future employment and a $250,000 kickback for two relatives. [read post]
17 Aug 2018, 4:55 am by Jim Sedor
Chicago Tribune – Gregory Pratt | Published: 8/9/2018 Responding to what his Chicago mayoral campaign called an investigation by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, a defiant Willie Wilson defended his recent cash giveaways and said there is “nothing wrong” with his charitable foundation’s paperwork. [read post]
4 Jun 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal 2 Nonprofits That Track Money in Politics Are Merging Maryland Matters – Josh Kurtz | Published: 6/3/2021 Watchdogs, journalists, opposition researchers, and the civic minded have relied on data collected by the Center for Responsive Politics and the National Institute on Money in Politics to help them keep elected officials and the special interests that seek to influence them accountable. [read post]
4 Sep 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal 1 Million Primary Ballots Were Mailed Late, Postal Service Watchdog Says MSN – Luke Broadwater (New York Times) | Published: 9/1/2020 More than one million mail-in ballots were sent late to voters during the 2020 primary elections, underscoring concerns about whether the agency has the ability to process what is expected to be a major increase in mail-in votes for the presidential election in November. [read post]
In this environment, the #StopCVE coalition in Chicago was able to draw on a number of organizations, including CAIR, to organize and resist CVE locally. [read post]
6 Mar 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
It was a surprising collapse for the former New York City mayor, who pumped more than $500 million of his own fortune into the campaign. [read post]
23 Mar 2012, 9:36 am by Tony Mauro
Chicago, in which he represented a class of African-American firefighters in Chicago. [read post]