Chicago Ethics Chair Introduces Public Campaign Financing Proposal
This week, Alderman Matt Martin announced a new push for a small-dollar matching option in City Council races at a press briefing with community groups.
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AIPAC Makes Record High Contributions as Its Super PAC Fights Progressives
New disclosures covering March show that AIPAC's PAC made $4.1 million in contributions to federal candidates, while its super PAC raised another $1.8 million ahead of a spending wave against progressive candidates.
Evanston Becomes First Illinois City to Counteract Big Money With Public Match
Small-dollar donations from Evanston residents to candidates for mayor can be matched out of a pool of public funding under the new program.
With Chicago’s Mayoral Race Awash in Big Money, Reformers Aim to Amplify Small Donors
Barely one percent of funding in the mayoral race has come from small donors, according to the nonpartisan group Reform for Illinois, but reform proposals have the support of both candidates.
Leonard Leo’s ‘Dark Money’ Group Donates Millions to Back Republican State Campaigns
An opaque conservative group closely linked with Trump legal adviser Leonard Leo donated nearly $2 million to the Republican State Leadership Committee last quarter.
Grassroots Groups Call on Boeing to Cut off Donations to Election Objectors
After a three-month pause in its political giving last year, Boeing has quietly become one of the top business PAC donors to the Republican members of Congress who voted to overturn the election results.