New bill would even the playing field for third-party and independent candidates

By Brendan Bakala

01/23/2017

Senate Bill 63 would make signature requirements to get on the ballot uniform for all candidates.

Chicago City Council aims to crowd ballot with needless referendums

By Chris Lentino

07/17/2016

City Council violates procedural rules and plays political games to put popular, but toothless, measures on the ballot and protect the mayor and bureaucrats from any real challenges to their power.

TAGS: ballot, ballot referendums, Chicago, Chicago City Council, Rahm Emanuel

Pensions make Illinois property taxes among nation’s most painful

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Policy lessons from Illinois’ exodus of people and money

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students