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Rahm Emanuel is losing control of his city

June 16, 2013
Salon.com

As his disapproval rating soars, he’s getting tagged with names like the “murder mayor.” Here’s how it fell apart                       

By Mark Guarino

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Effort to pull controversial election authority from local officials stalled

May 29, 2013
Chicago Tribune

By Joseph Ryan, Chicago Tribune reporter

Most local officials are poised to keep their controversial power to kick political opponents off the ballot after lobbying from those officials helped stall a reform proposal in the General Assembly.

Instead, a piecemeal effort is moving forward that will abolish panels that rule on candidate eligibility in school districts only, shifting such authority to the county level. The latest proposal leaves the controversial panels in place for cities, villages, community colleges and townships across the state.

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City contract seekers donate to Emanuel despite his own ban

May 16, 2013
Chicago Tribune

Emanuel returning tech execs' $15,000, spokeswoman says

By Jeff Coen and John Chase, Chicago Tribune reporters

Leaders of a tech firm seeking a city contract donated $15,000 to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's campaign fund, despite Emanuel's own executive order banning contributions from vendors trying to get city business.

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In fundraising race, Lisa Madigan outpaces Quinn

April 16, 2013
Northwest Herald

SPRINGFIELD – Considering how she dismantled her opponents in the last two elections, three-term Attorney General Lisa Madigan's impressive fundraising in the first three months of this year suggests she's looking to broaden her horizons – with, for example, a bid for governor in 2014.

Madigan reported raising $831,000 in the first quarter of 2013, eclipsing what she raised in all of last year and in the first six months of 2009, when she was last gearing up for a statewide race....

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As Cicero president seeks third term, town employees wear two hats

February 21, 2013
WBEZ

By: Chip Mitchell

Ahead of next Tuesday’s primary, what matters to some public servants is not their job duties but Larry Dominick’s reelection.Once upon a time, it was hard to get a government job in the Chicago area without going through a precinct captain or another party boss. Over the years, federal court orders and corruption prosecutions have helped draw a sharper line between public service and politics. But the message hasn’t gotten everywhere. With an election looming in Cicero, many employees of that western suburb are wearing two hats.

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Was Jackson Jr.'s alleged spending spree a victimless crime?

February 20, 2013
Chicago Tribune

Eric Zorn

OK, all mockery, pearl-clutching and indignation aside, who, really, was hurt if, as federal prosecutors allege, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. used campaign funds to buy decorations for his own personal Planet Hollywood along with assorted other luxury items?

The public treasury?

I'll give you that.

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2nd district candidate Toi Hutchinson`s paid campaign staff includes mom

February 14, 2013
Fox 32 Chicago

By Dane Placko, FOX 32 News Investigative Reporter - bio | email

FOX 32 has learned that one of the candidates running to replace Jackson has been paying thousands of dollars in campaign cash to her mother.

Democratic State Senator Toi Hutchinson didn't hire some kid as her campaign scheduler; she hired her mother, Janice Heno. State Board of Election records show between January of 2010 and December of 2012, Hutchinson paid her mother more than $57,000 out of her campaign fund for "contractual services."

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Quinn’s ethics proposal raises questions

February 7, 2013
State Journal Register

By SOPHIA TAREEN
The Associated Press

The idea seems simple enough: Ban Illinois lawmakers from voting or taking action on anything that might benefit them personally, all in the name of honest government.

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