Backed by Trade Unions, Alexi Giannoulias Launches Campaign for Chicago Mayor
Reports the mayoral launch, labor support signals, initial pledges, campaign cash and earlier record questions.
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Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announces run for Chicago mayor
Covers the launch and field and summarizes Broadway Bank, Bright Start and other background likely to recur in the campaign.
Alexi Giannoulias: Wrong for Chicago
A clearly labeled opinion arguing against Giannoulias by combining banking, investment, licensing and donor criticisms.
Ex-strip club owner with ties to reputed mob figures a big campaign donor to Alexi Giannoulias
Examines donations from Perry Mandera, relatives and affiliated businesses and the historical associations that made them newsworthy; donations alone do not establish a quid pro quo.
Illinois official got more than $300K from trucking industry while his agency gave illegal licenses
Connects finance records with the federal CDL review; timing warrants scrutiny but does not prove influence, and the office disputed the characterization.
IDOT: Nearly 20% of Illinois commercial driver's licenses issued illegally
Reports federal sample findings, threatened funding consequences and the state response; the sample rate is not an adjudicated statewide rate.
Feds expand non-domiciled CDL crackdown to Illinois
Covers the federal Illinois review, sampled violations, corrective timetable and potential funding penalty.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias faces criticism over ICE vehicle action and dealership donations
Reports criticism linking dealer regulation and automotive-sector contributions; contributions do not establish favorable treatment and need filing-level verification.
Presumed Mayoral Candidate Tough on ICE, at Ease with Car Dealership Cash
An opinion criticizing Giannoulias’s immigration-enforcement position and automotive-sector fundraising; it is not proof of a quid pro quo.
Who is Katie Abraham, the Illinois native at the center of the latest DHS deportation campaign?
Explains the case and allegations that the accused driver used false identity/documents; it does not show Giannoulias personally issued or reviewed a license.
Some advocates remain skeptical about Illinois ban on book bans
Describes the library-grant law, advocates’ funding/local-control concerns and the measure’s stated purpose.
Secretary of state candidates spar over ethics issues
Covers rivals’ criticism of Broadway Bank and Bright Start and Giannoulias’s response about his treasurer record and the bank’s community role.
Democrat Valencia airing first TV ad in Illinois secretary of state race, taking potshots at primary rival Giannoulias
Reports Valencia’s ad linking Giannoulias to a 2016 Trump-unity op-ed and earlier praise for Republican Tom Cross, with electoral context.
As Cook County Democratic slating nears, secretary of state candidate Alexi Giannoulias questioned about past support of a Republican for treasurer
Examines whether 2014 praise amounted to endorsing Tom Cross and records Giannoulias’s later acknowledgment and apology for the appearance.
Alexi Giannoulias, for Illinois secretary of state race, has taken money from 4 top officials of failed Broadway Bank
Reports contributions from four former bank officials and revisits their roles; donations alone do not establish improper conduct.
Let's all help our president-elect unify a divided America
Giannoulias’s post-election column urged Americans to help President-elect Donald Trump unify the country; later opponents cited it.
Broadway Bank officers, FDIC settle lawsuit for $5 million
Reports a settlement of claims over specified loans; the official FDIC index confirms a settlement record, but inaccessible agreement terms are not approved factual copy. The cited court opinion’s defendant list does not include Giannoulias.
Feds: Loans Took Down Giannoulias Family Bank
Summarizes the OIG’s findings on aggressive real-estate lending, weak controls, funding concentration and estimated insurance-fund loss.
Mark Kirk campaign ads say Alexi Giannoulias lost $73 million in our kids' college savings
Rates the simplified $73 million campaign claim Half True and explains gross loss, settlement and shared responsibility.
Giannoulias touts judgment, passes the buck
Contrasts claims of financial judgment with explanations that others handled several decisions later used against him.
Crossroads Jam-Up
Confirms the state SUV and missing logs but reports that administrative-fee revenue paid for it and that the reviewed material did not show personal use.
Kirk, Giannoulias Misstate Facts in Debate
Finds misstatements by both candidates and documents inconsistent descriptions of when Giannoulias stopped working at Broadway Bank.
How Giannoulias oversaw the failure of Illinois' college savings plan
A conservative post summarizes reporting that the Treasurer’s office had concerns before stopping new investment; underlying records should support factual use.
Giannoulias, Kirk spar on 'mob' loans
Covers the debate exchange over bank loans and both campaigns’ framing of Giannoulias’s role.
Mark Kirk for Senate
The editorial board endorses Kirk and criticizes Giannoulias’s policy specificity and record; this is institutional opinion, not an adjudication.
GOP criticizes Giannoulias for bank loan
Reports criticism of a $22.75 million loan and Giannoulias’s response that he had left daily operations months earlier and the loan was repaid.
Loans to 'Mobsters,' Ties to BP: Kirk's Attack Ads Go Too Far
Finds loans connected to people with criminal records and some Giannoulias servicing work, but says the ad overstated evidence that he personally made every loan.
Senate candidate Mark Kirk says rival gave mobsters bank loans
Rates the charge Half True: the bank extended about $20 million in loans during his tenure, but the evidence reviewed in that fact-check did not show that he personally approved them.
Alexi Giannoulias
Reports allegations that a Republican tracker was removed from a fundraiser and a later confrontation occurred; it does not show Giannoulias ordered either act.
Goldman Sachs or Broadway Bank? Voters' Choice
A commentary questions Giannoulias’s criticism of Kirk’s Goldman donations while distancing himself from Broadway Bank after earlier citing banking experience.
Politics at the podium just part of the plan or really party crashing?
Reports organizers’ claim that politicians were not invited to speak at a charity event and frames Giannoulias’s prepared remarks as a judgment issue.
$20 million in loans to felons
Reports roughly $20 million in new loans to two borrowers during his senior-loan-officer tenure without establishing that he personally approved every loan.
Giannoulias family bank linked to fraud suspects
Reports Mark Kirk’s criticism concerning borrower/contributor Nick Giannis as a campaign allegation, not an official finding against Giannoulias.
After GOP attacks, Giannoulias defends family business
Covers Republican attacks and Giannoulias’s defense of the family business and public record.
Giannoulias: Broadway Bank Will Likely Fail
Reports Giannoulias’s acknowledgment that Broadway Bank would likely fail, its capital problem and political responses.
Giannoulias Senate bid threatened by family bank's losses
Examines the delinquent commercial-real-estate portfolio, regulatory capital demand and family dividends before failure.
Giannoulias responds as family bank faces troubles
Covers the consent order/capital shortfall, criticism of family profits/dividends and Giannoulias’s response.
The man who would be senator
Examines biography, Bright Start, the SUV, bank borrowers and Rezko-related context with criticism and response.
Giannoulias faces Bright Start college savings trouble
Reports when the office became concerned, stopped new investment and faced campaign criticism; verify chronology against primary records.
Bright Start Ad Continues to Hound Giannoulias
Covers a Democratic-primary ad and competing claims about losses, recovery and responsibility.
Katehi: Nothing inappropriate in Illinois admissions inquiry
Summarizes an inquiry in which a campaign adviser forwarded applicant information; it does not establish that Giannoulias directed or knew of the request.
Report: Giannoulias Used College Fund to Buy SUV
Reports use of administrative-fee revenue for a $26,000 state vehicle and missing logs; later fact-checking said the reviewed material did not show personal use.
Illinois Treasurer Candidates Debate
Records Christine Radogno’s criticism of bank loans and Giannoulias’s response that the bank had done nothing wrong.
Candidate for IL Treasurer to answer questions about mob ties
Reports early campaign questions about loans to a borrower the outlet described as having organized-crime/illegal-gambling associations; attribute those descriptions.