December, 2016 Stories | Metro East Sun

Kassly donates $250 to Committee to Elect Mark Kern

By Local Labs News Service | Dec 30, 2016

Committee to Elect Mark Kern has received $280,850 in contributions in 2016 from 112 donors.

Members Caseyville Democratic Club donates $344 to Democratic Citizens Association of Caseyville Township

By Local Labs News Service | Dec 30, 2016

Democratic Citizens Association of Caseyville Township has received $1,266 in contributions in 2016 from two donors.

Alves donates $200 to Friends of Calvin Dye, Sr for Coroner St Clair County

By Local Labs News Service | Dec 30, 2016

Friends of Calvin Dye, Sr for Coroner St Clair County has received $35,875 in contributions in 2016 from 110 donors.

Nester donates $200 to Friends of Calvin Dye, Sr for Coroner St Clair County

By Local Labs News Service | Dec 30, 2016

Friends of Calvin Dye, Sr for Coroner St Clair County has received $35,875 in contributions in 2016 from 110 donors

Crawford donates $1,000 to Annual Roosevelt Cocktail Party Committee

By Local Labs News Service | Dec 30, 2016

Annual Roosevelt Cocktail Party Committee has received $1,400 in contributions in 2016 from three donors.

Russell Scott donates $500 to Committee to Elect Mark Kern

By Local Labs News Service | Dec 30, 2016

Russell Scott, (326 Summers Trace, Belleville), donated $500 to Belleville's Committee to Elect Mark Kern on Jan. 28, 2016.

Beth Gori donates $5,400 to Committee to Elect Judge Jo Beth Weber for Appellate Court Judge

By Local Labs News Service | Dec 30, 2016

Beth Gori, (4586 Mooney Creek Lane, Edwardsville), donated $5,400 to Mount Vernon's Committee to Elect Judge Jo Beth Weber for Appellate Court Judge on Nov. 7, 2016.

Drury weighs challenge to House Speaker Madigan

By Metro East Sun | Dec 30, 2016

Longtime House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) may be challenged for his post for the first time in many years.

Illinois GOP offers hotel deal, tickets for presidential inauguration

By Metro East Sun | Dec 30, 2016

With hotel space for the presidential Inauguration ceremony in Washington filling rapidly, the Illinois GOP is offering a special opportunity for guaranteed overnight accommodations and inauguration tickets at the official Illinois Republican Party hotel in Arlington, Virginia.

State GOP says Kennedy not acting like a Kennedy after dust-up with reporters

By Metro East Sun | Dec 30, 2016

Chris Kennedy may have the family name, but according to the state GOP, “he doesn’t act like it,” as he recently rejected reporters’ overtures in Chicago and simultaneously created a commotion in a downtown office building.

Documents indicate Pritzker cloaked donations to Madigan

By Metro East Sun | Dec 30, 2016

New concerns regarding potential gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker have surfaced following the exposure of cash contributions made from Pritzker-associated groups to Illinois House Democrats prior to November elections in amounts possibly as high as $200,000.

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Chicago Tribune calls for new speaker in Illinois House

By Metro East Sun | Dec 30, 2016

The Chicago Tribune’s editorial board has publicly called for the ousting of longtime House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago), predicting that if he is not unseated, the state faces two more years of “dysfunction.”