10 Sep 2002

Cash and Conflicts for Illinois AG Candidate

By Rich Miller

The news media, particularly in Chicago, has expended huge amounts of time and energy researching every nook and cranny of attorney-general candidate Lisa Madigan's life and political connections. But almost nothing has been written about her opponent, Joe Birkett.

03 Sep 2002

Illinois Attorney-General Candidate Should Come Clean

By Rich Miller

What follows was assembled using DuPage County grand-jury testimony given by police detective Greg Figel.

According to the testimony, William Stoltz was unemployed for the last six months of 1999. Stoltz lived in a house with his wife of 18 months, Dawn.

27 Aug 2002

Media Scandal-Mongering Needs to Stop

By Rich Miller

I'm getting pretty tired of all the news stories about political corruption these days.

Every time we turn around, another media outlet is screaming for a new federal investigation. It's become the thing to do in media circles, an attempt to mount an indicted trophy head or two on newsroom walls as a display of accomplishment and importance.

20 Aug 2002

Politicking at the Illinois State Fair

By Rich Miller

E-Mail To Ellicia (from Vanessa Miller, age 16):

Hey hun, how are you? I am doin' just fine. I just got back from the state fair. These last two days have been awesome for me. I have my own press pass for future use and I can pretend that I am all-important.

13 Aug 2002

Chicago Democrat Could Sink Madigan's Attorney-General Candidacy

By Administrator

A budding political dynasty is in deep trouble on Chicago's Southwest Side.

No, I'm not talking about the attorney- general candidacy of House Speaker Michael Madigan's daughter, Lisa. And I'm not referring to former Senate President Tom Hynes' son, Dan, whose re-election as state comptroller is all but assured.

06 Aug 2002

Reports Show Illinois Republican Party in Disarray

By Rich Miller

You know it's bad news when the Republican state treasurer has more money in her campaign account than all her fellow GOP statewide candidates and the state Republican Party combined.

Plus, to top it all off, most big-time Republican who filed campaign-finance disclosure reports last week - except Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka - did business with a corrupt little mail house called Unistat, run by the now infamous (and indicted) Roger "The Hog" Stanley.

04 Jun 2002

Leaders Cede Power, but Legislators Don't Grab It

By Administrator

It's easy to blame the legislative leaders at the Illinois statehouse for accumulating so much power. I've done it a lot, myself.

Dozens of reforms have been proposed to curtail their influence.

The leaders raise the vast majority of all legislative campaign cash, so some reformers want to cap the amount of money they can contribute to candidates.

15 Jan 2002

Illinois Legislators Wrest Control of Budget Cuts from Governor

By Jeff Ignatius

In a startling election-year power shift last week, Illinois legislators - particularly Democrats in the Illinois House of Representatives - broke ranks with legislative leaders and reclaimed some authority over the troubled state budget.

27 Mar 2001

Rock Island Election Guide

By Jeff Ignatius

Mayor

Vince Thomas

Mark Schwiebert

What are the three most pressing issues likely to fact your city during your term, and what specifically would you support to address them?

Thomas: Affordable housing for all income ranges.

27 Mar 2001

Moline Election Guide

By Jeff Ignatius

Mayor
Dave Duran, Democrat
Candidate did not return survey.
Stan Leach, Republican
Georgine Corby, Independent
What are the three most pressing issues likely to fact your city during your term, and what specifically would you support to address them?
Leach: Need for new I-74 bridge.

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