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A newly-established civic organization will give voters more and better information about candidates for judgeships. The Judicial Performance Commission of Cook County, composed of seventeen distinguished lawyers, civic leaders, and academics, is now compiling detailed evaluations of judges who are…
New York law makers introduced legislation that would require corporations to receive a majority approval from shareholders each year before spending money on…
ProgressOhio, COHHIO, Ohio Citizen Action and Common Cause Ohio joined together to release two redistricting videos earlier this week.
The July/August issue of The American Interest contains a three-article symposium entitled “Campaign Finance after Citizens United.” [text]Michael J. Malbin executive director of the Campaign Finance Institute and Professor of Political Science at the University at…
