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Freedom from Oversight: The ICPR FOIA Report

Freedom from Oversight:
Too Many Public Bodies Avoid their Obligations
Under Illinois' Freedom of Information Act

An ICPR Issues Briefing | April 2012



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Power Play: Million-Dollar Shower of Campaign Contributions Related to Smart Grid Electric Legislation

Power Play: Million-Dollar Shower of Campaign Contributions Related to Smart Grid Electric Legislation



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Governments Lobbying State Government: 140 Local Governments and Public Agencies Spent Over $7.4 Million on Lobbying Contracts

In fiscal year 2010, local governments and public agencies in Illinois spent over $7.4 million to hire professionals in the art and science of influencing the governor, the General Assembly, and other state government officials.



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Contributors Drive $500,000 Through Loophole in Illinois Campaign Finance Law

May 5, 2011

CHICAGO -- A newly created loophole in state regulations allowed more than 500 large campaign contributors to escape public disclosure before the recent municipal elections, according to a research report issued Thursday by the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform (ICPR).



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2010 Targeted Legislative Races Total Expenditures and Leader/Party Support

 

Legislative Leader and Political Party Contributions

to Targeted House Candidates in the 2010 General Election

 



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Media Briefing: An Overview of the New Campaign Finance Law

In 1974 the Illinois General Assembly begrudgingly gave into the reform
movement of the post-Watergate era and passed a law to require the reporting of
campaign receipts and expenditures (10 ILCS 5/9-1). While many other states and the
federal government were placing limits on contributions and expenditures, prohibiting
corporate entities from contributing or spending on politics, and adopting public
financing systems, Illinois chose a different course. Illinois adopted a law which relied



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Top Ten Most Expensive House and Senate Races All Time

 

Top Ten Most Expensive House and Senate Races All Time ICPR 10/18/2010

 

Since 2002 there have been 29 legislative races where general election spending topped $1 million and another 18 where general election spending topped $750,000. 



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Spending in the 2004 Supreme Court Race

Below is a diagram detailing the spending that occurred in Madison County in 2004, the most expensive judicial campaign in the United States history.

 



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ICPR's Government Lobbying State Government Report 2009

More than 110 Local Governments and Public Agencies Spent almost $6.4 Million on Lobbying Contracts.

Click here to download ICPR's full report (PDF)



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2008 Lobbying Report

More than 100 Local Governments and Public Agencies  Spend $5 Million on Lobbying Contracts.



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