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Report: It’s harder to know who’s paying for political ads By GEOFF MULVIHILL The Associated Press
It’s getting harder to know who is funding political advertising at the state level as more money becomes anonymous or is filtered from one political action committee to another, a new study finds. In 2014, the last year in which statewide elections were widespread across the country, only 29 cents of every $1 of independent political spending could be tracked easily to its original individual donor, according to the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law. The center found that dark money and what it calls “gray” money are rising even faster in state elections than in federal races. In places where the costs of elections can be cheaper because word is distributed by direct mail rather than TV ads, the spending can have
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a larger impact. “Dark money can outspend all,” said Larry Norden, deputy director of the Brennan Center’s program on democracy. Dark money comes from nonprofit advocacy groups that spend on political purposes but are not subject to campaign finance disclosures. Its rise is one of the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling, which removed caps on how much corporations, unions and interest groups can spend on advocacy communications that do not specifically call for the election or defeat of candidates. That category of spending grew from less than $600,000 in 2006 to nearly $22 million in 2014 in the states the study evaluated. Despite that rise, the majority of state political spending overall remains from traditional
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The Committee of the Whole on Tuesday approved a revised plan from Liberty Outdoor Advertising to replace the billboards at 65 Northwest Highway with new print signs. The 72-square-foot signs will replace the existing billboards, which have been in place for more than 30 years. The old billboards had been scheduled for removal in June 2015, but the Village Board granted a one-year extension. Electronic signs were discussed in January, but there was a lack of support. See story on Page 8.
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BRITISH POLITICAL TURMOIL DEEPENS AFTER EU VOTE
Britain’s decision to remove itself from the European Union brought more political turmoil Sunday as Scotland’s leader threatened to block the move and the opposition Labour Party’s leader faced a coup attempt from his own legislators. The sense of unease spread as European leaders stepped up the pressure on Britain to begin its complex exit from the 28-nation EU immediately, rather than wait several months as British Prime Minister David Cameron prefers. The vote to leave sent the pound and global stock markets plunging.
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Runners begin the third annual McHenry County Patriot Run Sunday at McHenry County College. The run was a family event featuring a 5K run and a 1-mile walk to benefit TLS Veterans and Veterans Assistance Commission. See story on page 3. Photo by Daryl Quitalig for Shaw Media
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