Union Funds Firms With Corruption Ties | Chicago News

Chicago Teachers Union is pouring over $36,000 into campaign firms tied to convicted corrupt officials as they back Hilario Dominguez in the race for Chicago School Board president—same firms that also received more than $1.5 million from Governor JB Pritzker’s campaigns, including funds linked to Ike Carothers and Bamani Obadele, both of whom admitted to past misconduct. One firm, run by Karina Escobar-Perez—a felon convicted of petition forgery—just took another $11K from the union for work on a different candidate’s campaign. Neither the governor’s office nor the union has commented on the troubling connections. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/ebc5368a007bb741