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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]
20 Oct 2020, 1:16 pm by Lorenzo d’Aubert, Eric Halliday
On Sept. 26, President Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg eight days earlier. [read post]
27 Aug 2020, 6:53 am by Axel Hufford
  Many more states do not offer ballot drop boxes statewide but have implemented the drop box model in one or more counties or cities, including Illinois (in Chicago), Iowa (in Cedar Rapids and Marion), Kansas (in Sedgwick County), Maine (in Bangor), Minnesota (through a drive-through ballot drop off in Minneapolis), Nevada (in Clark County), Pennsylvania (in Philadelphia and several counties, pending recent litigation), South Carolina (in Charleston County), South… [read post]
14 Aug 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Abrupt Change to Census Deadline Could Result in an Undercount of Latino and Black Communities Philadelphia Inquirer – Jose Del Real and Fredrick Kunkle (Washington Post) | Published: 8/9/2020 Census experts and advocates warn the Trump administration’s decision to end the decennial count a month earlier than expected will result in a dramatic undercount of Black and Latino communities across the country, which could have grave effects on federal funding and… [read post]
7 Aug 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal As Trump Leans into Attacks on Mail Voting, GOP Officials Confront Signs of Republican Turnout Crisis Washington Post – Amy Gardner and Josh Dawsey | Published: 8/3/2020 Multiple public surveys show a growing divide between Democrats and Republicans about the security of voting by mail, with Republicans saying they are far less likely to trust it in November. [read post]
31 Jul 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Cities, Advocates Sue Trump to Block Census Immigrant Memo Roll Call – Michael Macagnone | Published: 7/24/2020 President Trump’s attempt to exclude undocumented immigrants from census figures that will be used to determine congressional apportionment has been challenged in federal court, the first of what experts believe could be many legal battles for the administration’s order. [read post]
17 Jul 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal America’s Governors Get Tested for a Virus That Is Testing Them New York Times – Manny Fernandez, Rick Rojas, Shawn Huber, and Mike Baker | Published: 7/13/2020 Governors have always been judged on their disaster responses, but the coronavirus wreaking havoc across the country these days does not recede like floodwaters and cannot be tamed by calling out the National Guard. [read post]
14 Jul 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Campaign Finance South Carolina: “Dark Money Groups Spent at Least $875,000 Trying to Sway Myrtle Beach State Senate Race” by Andrew Brown and Jamie Lovegrove for Charleston Post and Courier Tennessee: “Former House Speaker Glen Casada Fined $10,500 for Campaign Finance Violations” by Joel Ebert for The Tennessean Elections National: “The Once-Mocked ‘Never Trump’ Movement Becomes a Sudden Campaign Force” by Ashley Parker and Robert Costa (Washington… [read post]
10 Apr 2020, 12:30 pm by John Ross
New on the podcast: Did you know your city can go bankrupt if it doesn't respect property rights? [read post]
1 Apr 2020, 7:32 am by Kevin Kaufman
One plausible interpretation is that the city can claim the share associated with its population and the county may claim the share associated with county residents outside the city. [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]
15 Jan 2020, 4:00 am by Kevin Kaufman
Average local rates rose the most in Illinois, changing the state’s combined ranking from 7th highest to 6th highest. [read post]
14 Jan 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
‘Strange’ Events at Zoning Meeting Puzzles County” by Hannah Morse for Palm Beach Post Illinois: “City Hall Lobbyists Rewrite Their Playbook” by A.D. [read post]
13 Sep 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Some cities, such as Pensacola, Florida, allowed Satanists to give the invocations, but faced public backlash. [read post]
30 Aug 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Barr Books Trump’s Hotel for $30,000 Holiday Party MSN – Jonathan O’Connell and David Fahrenthold (Washington Post) | Published: 8/27/2019 Attorney General William Barr will hold a family holiday party for 200 people at Trump International Hotel in December that is likely to cost $30,000. [read post]
These medical dispensaries are dispersed throughout Illinois in the following cities (these are not the 43 Dispensing Organization Districts under the Medical Cannabis Act): Addison (2 dispensaries) Anna Arlington Heights Buffalo Grove Canton Champaign Chicago (11 dispensaries) Collinsville Deerfield East Peoria Effingham Elmwood Park Evanston Fulton   Grandview Harrisburg Highland Park Homewood Joliet Justice Litchfield Marion Milan Mokena Morris Mount Prospect… [read post]
7 Jun 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A ‘Bridge’ to China, and Her Family’s Business, in the Trump Cabinet MSN – Michael Forsythe, Eric Lipton, Keith Bradsher, and Sui-Lee Wee (New York Times) | Published: 6/2/2019 Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has no formal affiliation or stake in her family’s shipping business, Foremost Group, which has deep ties to the economic and political elite in China. [read post]
26 Mar 2019, 6:44 am by Kevin Kaufman
Alaska Anchorage 8% City general fund Arizona Maricopa County (Phoenix) 3.5% Glendale Stadium; youth & amateur sports Arizona Pima County (Tucson) $3.50 Kino Sports Complex Georgia Atlanta 10% State Farm Arena Illinois Chicago 6% and 9% transaction tax (a) City general fund Indiana Marion County (Indianapolis) 6% County general fund Massachusetts Boston $10 fee Convention centers Michigan Detroit 2% Comerica Park Missouri Kansas City $4 per day Sprint… [read post]
9 Nov 2018, 7:00 am
In May, Sessions falsely claimed that the settlement between the ACLU of Illinois and the Chicago Police Department was to blame for hundreds of deaths and shootings in the city. [read post]