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With Chicago’s Mayoral Race Awash in Big Money, Reformers Aim to Amplify Small Donors

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.
David Moore Mar 31, 2023
Leonard Leo’s ‘Dark Money’ Group Donates Millions to Back Republican State Campaigns

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.
David Moore Oct 31, 2022
Grassroots Groups Call on Boeing to Cut off Donations to Election Objectors

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.
David Moore Apr 20, 2022

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