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Judge nixes part of Illinois campaign finance law

March 13, 2012
Appleton Post Cresent

By Karen Hawkins, Associated Press

CHICAGO (WTW) — A federal judge on Tuesday struck down part of the campaign finance law enacted by Illinois after former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was indicted, ruling that restrictions on fundraising by independent political action committees violated the First Amendment and were unconstitutional.

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Federal judge tosses key part of post-Blagojevich limits on campaign cash

March 13, 2012
Crain's Chicago Business

A federal judge has thrown out a key portion of Illinois' new, post-Blagojevich limits on campaign donations, essentially saying that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision gave him no other choice.

In a written ruling late Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Marvin Aspin tossed out limits on donations to groups that make "independent expenditures" on behalf of or against a candidate.

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Big campaign cash flowing into General Assembly races

March 6, 2012
Crain's Chicago Business
Some big money is piling into races for the Illinois General Assembly, with $4.6 million in campaign cash raised in January alone, a civic watchdog group says.

According to the Illinois Ca

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The Republicans' Dark-Money-Moving Machine

February 24, 2012
Mother Jones

Inside the GOP group that skirts election rules by shuffling millions across state lines and then "wiping the fingerprints off the money."

—By Andy Kroll
| January/February 2012 Issue

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Beavers is ‘last of the old-school tough guys’ in politics

February 24, 2012
Chicago Sun-Times

BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter/ February 23, 2012 6:56PM

Updated: February 24, 2012 2:23AM

William Beavers is an old-school caricature of a Chicago aldermen who loved patronage and contracts, made no apologies for it and “retired” to the Cook County Board to “relax and enjoy the good life.”

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Beavers: Indictment is ‘horse s---’; wouldn’t wear wire on John Daley

February 24, 2012
Chicago Sun-Times

By LISA DONOVAN  AND ABDON M. PALLASCH Staff Reporters

The “Hog” says he wouldn’t squeal — and he got indicted because of it.

Cook County Commissioner William Beavers, an old-school Chicago politician who likes to call himself “The Hog With the Big Nuts,” has been indicted on federal tax charges.

The feds allege he failed to pay taxes on more than $226,000 he took from his campaign funds and his county expense account to go gambling and to boost his city pension.
 

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William Beavers indicted on tax fraud charges

February 23, 2012
Chicago Tribune

Cook County commissioner accused of pocketing campaign funds without paying federal taxes

By Annie Sweeney, Hal Dardick and Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune reporters

Cook County Commissioner William Beavers, an old-school ward boss who often bragged about his political dominance with a barnyard reference to his virility, was indicted Thursday on charges he pocketed campaign funds and a county stipend without paying federal taxes.

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William Beavers indicted on federal tax charges

February 23, 2012
ABC 7 News Chicago

ABC7 Team Coverage

February 23, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Veteran Chicago politician and current Cook County Commissioner William Beavers was named in federal grand jury indictments Thursday afternoon for allegedly pocketing campaign funds for gambling and other personal spending. Beavers was involved in numerous schemes dating back to at least 2006, say federal investigators.

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