Category: Illinois

Here’s a report about a city government adjudged a corrupt organization under racketeering laws. The federal racketeering suit filed by the state in 2004 alleged Mr. Pastrick and others ran the city as a “corrupt enterprise” and spent $24 million in public money on private driveways, patios and walkways to court voters in the 1999 […]

Many thanks to alert reader Ryan Gammelgard for sending along an update from the Illinois Secretary of State regarding lobbyist registration in Illinois. Do you have anything worth sharing with the rest of the class?  If you’re so inclined, kindly send me a DM on Twitter (I liberally follow back) or email me at eric[at]politicalactivitylaw.com.

Northwestern University’s Medill school prepared this interesting timeline of Illinois’ campaign finance history.