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About 100 current and former political figures had campaign funds on hand in the middle of 1998, when a state campaign finance law changed. Former Ald. Ed Burke stands to benefit the most, with more than $2.4 million he is allowed to pocket.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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There used to be a legal doctrine that some things were “against public policy.” Here’s what an A.I. summary has to say: ” “Against public policy” in law means an agreement or action harms the public good, welfare, or fundamental societal values, making it illegal and unenforceable, even if consented to, with examples including contracts to commit crimes, restrain trade unreasonably, or interfere with family duties. Courts use this doctrine to void contracts that undermine justice, security, or morality, acting as a limit on freedom of contract to protect the public interest. It hints that courts are the final arbiter… Read more »
Put those two corrupt Illinois Dems to work picking up garbage on the Dan Ryan!!
You got to love IL. Everyone talks about JB. Look at what guys like this have done to the state over decades.
They are all grifters that shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near a church tithe box.
Just like Dems try to do to DJT, the Repubs need to tie every corrupt, convicted Dem to JB. He gets a pass because the local media refuses to do their job. After being governor for eight years, he is in deep with this cast of characters.
You would make an exemplary political consultant, albeit one dispensing catastrophically ill-advised counsel to Republican candidates while extracting funds from credulous and unsuspecting partisans. Bruce Rauner pursued precisely this tactic in his 2018 reelection bid, relentlessly associating J.B. Pritzker with Michael Madigan. In a notably quixotic advertisement, the Republican governors of neighboring states, Indiana’s Eric Holcomb, Wisconsin’s Scott Walker, and Missouri’s Eric Greitens, appeared to offer sarcastic thanks to Madigan: “Thanks, Mike Madigan… Thank you… For raising Illinois taxes… For blocking Rauner’s reforms.” The spot insinuated that Madigan’s actions had bolstered employment and income in their neighboring state. Yet this… Read more »