Read more about the article Small budget, big impact: Champaign weatherization program reaches more homesIllinois Department of Commerce
Community action agencies for weatherization programs, compiled by the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity.

Small budget, big impact: Champaign weatherization program reaches more homes

With a budget of $600,000 the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission Weatherization program often can be overlooked. However, it helps many low-income families save money and get access to basic housing needs. According to the CCRPC 2018 annual report, the average material cost per home was $7,471. 39 homes received these services in 2018, an increase of 16 homes from the previous year. Champaign County Regional Planning Commission's Michael Hunter said he would like to see it increased, with more houses applying and obtaining services.

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Read more about the article Funds to improve quality of life for Champaign-Urbana residents insufficientCity of Urbana
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Funds to improve quality of life for Champaign-Urbana residents insufficient

Communities eligible for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding in the City of Urbana has increased, meaning the money available cannot meet the growing needs, according to a CDBG Coalition report published early this year. Urbana is one of many cities in the nation that are part of the long-standing CDBG program, administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The local program is monitored by the Grants Management Division.

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Read more about the article Rep. Adam Kinzinger targeted media buys in 2018US House Office of Photography
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Rep. Adam Kinzinger targeted media buys in 2018

Republican representative Adam Kinzinger poured over one-fourth of his $2.5 million-plus campaign budget into media production and buys during the 2017-2018 election cycle. However, since his first congressional campaign during the 2009-2010 election cycle, Kinzinger has traditionally spent the most money on media production and buys, which is purchased airtime that can be used to run political advertisements.

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Read more about the article Rep. Krishnamoorthi outspends challenger by $1.9 million in re-election campaigningUS House Office of Photography
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Rep. Krishnamoorthi outspends challenger by $1.9 million in re-election campaigning

Illinois representative Raja Krishnamoorthi spent $1.9 million more on campaigning than his 8th congressional district challenger for the 2018 midterm election cycle. Krishnamoorthi, is a Democratic representative for Illinois’ 8th district. He was elected in 2016 and replaced Tammy Duckworth, who gave up her seat and successfully ran for the U.S. Senate.

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Individual donors, PACs key to Jan Schakowsky’s 2020 fundraising

In past years, Illinois Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky has raised near the same or less than the average of other Illinois congress members. Since the 1999-2000 cycle, she has raised more than the average, according to OpenSecrets.org, a non-profit organization that focuses on collecting fundraising and spending data from the FEC and presenting it to the public. In this election cycle, Schakowsky appears to have a similar pace, having already spent $775,084 from January to September 30th.

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Read more about the article Cheri Bustos’s campaign increased spending by $1 million in 2018US House Office of Photography
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Cheri Bustos’s campaign increased spending by $1 million in 2018

Running for reelection in Illinois’ 17th Congressional district, Cheri Bustos spent almost $3.2 million in the 2017-2018 election cycle. The expenditures ranged from dinners at Chicago and Washington DC’s most expensive restaurants, such as the 116 Club, to office supplies at Walmart.  Bustos’s top expenditures include payments towards communications, advertising and financial specialists, donations to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and paychecks for staffers.

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Read more about the article Rodney Davis campaign spending increased from ‘feeling pressure’, analyst saysUS House Office of Photography
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Rodney Davis campaign spending increased from ‘feeling pressure’, analyst says

During the 2017-2018 election cycle, Republican U.S. Congressman Rodney Davis's campaign spent $4,085,715. Dr. Kent Redfield, a retired professor of Political Science who specialized in campaign finance at the University of Illinois Springfield said Davis increased his campaign spending because he was feeling pressure in his campaign.

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Read more about the article Danny K. Davis’s campaign spent less than all Illinois Democrats in 2018 election cycleUS House Office of Photography
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Danny K. Davis’s campaign spent less than all Illinois Democrats in 2018 election cycle

Danny K. Davis, the 7th Congressional District Democrat, spent less on his 2018 campaign than any other Illinois Democrat - just $551,000. Davis has been in office since 1996. Every year, he runs virtually unopposed, always racking up at least 80% of the vote. In 2018, he pulled in 87.6% of the vote against his opponent, Illinois Republican Craig Cameron. In the 2016 election, he captured 84.2% of the vote after spending $503,000.

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Read more about the article Darin LaHood cuts campaign spending in halfUS House Office of Photography
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Darin LaHood cuts campaign spending in half

Illinois Congressman Darin LaHood spent $1.2 million to get re-elected in 2018, half of what he spent in the previous election cycle. LaHood, Republican Congressman for Illinois’ 18th District, spent over $2.2 million for his 2016 special election campaign, when he ran for the seat of Aaron Schock, who resigned after being charged with campaign fraud.

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Illinois Congresswoman Lauren Underwood spends nearly $5 million on first election

Lauren Underwood spent about $4.9 million to win her seat in the election for Illinois’s 14th congressional district. Most of Underwood’s expenditures from 2017-2018 were on TV advertising and payroll processing. Underwood’s campaign spent $2,498,871 million on TV Advertising alone, according the FEC. The payments were to the company “Ethica” in Garden City, NY.

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