Illinois (ECWd) - The common theme among those wanting your vote is to convince you that only they can make things better. Here in Illinois, "better" is an undefined term subject to the limited paradigm of the person pulling the lever or filling that circle next...
Illinois (ECWd) - Once again we find Illinois Governor Rauner is not only an established fabricator of truth but also one who is the recipient of a binding opinion from the Attorney General's PAC office for not disclosing public records that would expose your tax dollars are...
Illinois (ECWd) - While we have been exposing the Governor for his disgraceful lies in his efforts to smear his opponent, West Point Graduate Jeannie Ives, violations of our Freedom of Information Act laws, and alleged ethics violations, we now find his antics have not gone...
Illinois (ECWd) - This morning while having coffee with a dear friend and neighbor, it became clear he was experiencing the frustration with the distortions and lies about candidates. Specifically, the information being distributed to voters statewide by Governor Rauner about his opponent, State Representative Jeanie Ives. We report the...
Illinois (ECWd) - As part of our continued efforts to track communications in the Governor Rauner administration, we have filed numerous Freedom of Information Act requests. As we reported in this article, our past request for emails sent and received by the First Lady was denied as unduly...
Illinois Co (ECWd) - In light of the multi-part series, we have published recently regarding the activities taking place in the Office of the Governor, specifically, Washington DC campaign figures driving policy with direct communications to state officials in the Governor's Office, we looked closely at...
Illinois (ECWd) - Nachama Soloveichik, a Washington, D.C.-based campaign consultant running the re-election of Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, was asking the question. She directed it at Diana Rauner, the governor’s wife, who was pondering whether it was now finally time for her husband to tell Illinois...
Illinois (ECWd) - The morning of Aug. 3, 2017, Diana Rauner wasn’t sleeping well. It was 3:50 a.m. and she was wide awake, thinking about the Rauner brand and legacy, which at that moment was circling the drain. Two years of inattention and disengagement on the school funding...
Illinois (ECWd) - Governor Rauner is spending millions misrepresenting and lying about his opponent Jeannie Ives, a West Point graduate and three-term Republican State Representative. In that race, the lies were so bad that even the Chicago Tribune called out the Governor for lying about her. "The...
Illinois (ECWd) - In yesterday's article exposing the Governor's wife signing off on the final version of the abortion bill, per protocol, we made reference to "sources". We rarely ever point to "sources" as the only information behind an article and decided to elaborate as we have had several...
