Reports & Research in Illinois

February 17 2009 at 12:01 PM

Tribune Columnist Eric Zorn suggests removal of derisive political reform slang

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CHICAGO—A Chicago Tribune columnist is even discouraging use of the sometimes-patronizing term “goo-goo” to describe “those who expect and demand better of our elected officials.”

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May 03 2008 at 12:54 PM

Restoring the Right to Vote

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NEW YORK -- Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. Today in the United States, over five million otherwise eligible citizens cannot vote because of a felony conviction. Four million of these people are not in prison -…

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April 28 2008 at 09:34 AM

The New Politics of Judicial Elections in the Great Lakes States, 2000-2008

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WASHINGTON, D.C.-- The Justice at Stake Campaign: This special report shows how five midwestern states—Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin—have become caught up in America’s “New Politics of Judicial Elections.” Download the press release …

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January 01 2008 at 09:59 AM

Report Shows Spread of Special Interest Pressure Growing

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WASHINGTON, DC -- Special interest pressure is metastasizing into a permanent national threat to the fairness and impartiality of America’s courts, according to a major new report from the Justice at Stake Campaign and its partners, the Brennan Center for…

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May 06 2007 at 12:07 PM

Report Shows Spread of Special Interest Pressure, Growing Clout of Business Groups in State Supreme

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CHICAGO – A new national analysis of 2006 judicial elections cites Illinois as a harbinger of the next battleground for special interest groups: the struggle to influence state appellate court races. The Justice at Stake Campaign,…

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Reports & Research for Illinois in Media Reform

March 02 2012 at 03:43 PM

State of the States 2012

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Stateline.org has released their 2012 State of the States report. The report touches on the issues and stories that will take center stage around the country in state governments this year. Included here are…

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December 08 2010 at 11:38 AM

Reports showcase disengagement in Illinois and Chicago citizens

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Co-sponsored by Midwest Democracy Network partner Citizen Advocacy Center and the Chicago-based McCormick Foundation, two reports released by the National Conference on Citizenship…

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April 22 2010 at 12:59 PM

3 MDN states top government spending transparency report

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Minnesota, Illinois and Ohio are among seven states leading the country in online access to government spending data.A new U.S. PRIG report, “

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February 17 2009 at 12:01 PM

Tribune Columnist Eric Zorn suggests removal of derisive political reform slang

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CHICAGO—A Chicago Tribune columnist is even discouraging use of the sometimes-patronizing term “goo-goo” to describe “those who expect and demand better of our elected officials.”

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November 21 2006 at 05:20 PM

Midwest Local TV Newscasts Devote 2.5 Times as Much Air Time to Political Ads as Election Coverage

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CHICAGO – In the month leading up to the recent 2006 mid-term elections, local television news viewers got considerably more information about campaigns from paid political advertisements than from actual news coverage, a new study shows. Local newscasts…

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