Only a handful of states offer public financing where candidates who take public money are prohibited from raising private cash. Michael Miller teaches political science at the University of Illinois Springfield. He's studied what some call "clean election" funding. The argument before the nation's high court is those who raise their own campaign cash have less incentive to spend more if their opponents are publicly financed because the opponents can get matching funds.
"So they feel like the unintended consequences of this law is to curb their spending. The phrase they use all the time is these programs chill my speech," said Miller.
Miller's research found privately funded candidates often wait until the final days to make big ad buys so that it's too late for matching funds to arrive for the other side. He says it shows public financing doesn't deny free speech.
"It's more accurate to say public funding seems to affect when they say it," he said.
Miller says if the court rules against the matching funds provision, it could make it even harder to get candidates to sign up for public funding.
The story was featured by WUIS Public Radio in a March 28, 2011 report.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
GLVC honors Stars' Watson
University of Illinois Springfield junior Aubrey Watson has been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week.
The Auburn native gave up five hits and had two strikeouts over eight innings in a 1-0 win against Quincy Saturday. It was her first career shutout.
Watson has an earned-run average of 1.87. She has 24 strikeouts in 13 appearances and a 1-2 record. Her 33 2/3 innings pitched ranks second for the Stars.
The award was featured in a March 30, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
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The Auburn native gave up five hits and had two strikeouts over eight innings in a 1-0 win against Quincy Saturday. It was her first career shutout.
Watson has an earned-run average of 1.87. She has 24 strikeouts in 13 appearances and a 1-2 record. Her 33 2/3 innings pitched ranks second for the Stars.
The award was featured in a March 30, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
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UIS Tennis: Stars' doubles give foes trouble
During this season of ever-changing weather, practice schedules change from minute to minute.
“The school should give an allowance to Jane (Brown) for all the texts she sends saying we have practice at noon, then no we have practice at 4,” University of Illinois Springfield tennis player Druvinka Moraes said. “We don’t have tennis courts at school, so we have to organize to come here (to Washington Park). I don’t have a car, so I depend on teammates.”
Tennis players count on each other off the court and on the court more than you’d think. It is an individual sport and emphasis typically is placed on singles play. But doubles competition plays a role, too.
“The doubles play really sets the tone for the match because that gets our team pumped up,” UIS senior Josh Patrick said. “If we win two out of three doubles, we go on to singles thinking we can win.”
The team was featured in a March 30, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
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“The school should give an allowance to Jane (Brown) for all the texts she sends saying we have practice at noon, then no we have practice at 4,” University of Illinois Springfield tennis player Druvinka Moraes said. “We don’t have tennis courts at school, so we have to organize to come here (to Washington Park). I don’t have a car, so I depend on teammates.”
Tennis players count on each other off the court and on the court more than you’d think. It is an individual sport and emphasis typically is placed on singles play. But doubles competition plays a role, too.
“The doubles play really sets the tone for the match because that gets our team pumped up,” UIS senior Josh Patrick said. “If we win two out of three doubles, we go on to singles thinking we can win.”
The team was featured in a March 30, 2011, article in The State Journal-Register.
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