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Companies are pausing political contributions. Will it last?
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In the days following last week s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol as Congress voted to certify Joe Biden as president, American corporations drew a line in the sand.
Wall Street banks, major automotive manufacturers and various other noteworthy Michigan companies including Rocket Companies Inc. and Dow Inc. have released statements announcing, to various degrees, changes to political donations as they ve expressed dismay with the attempts to disturb a free and fair election and the violence that ensued.
The statements generally have fallen into two distinct buckets: companies like Rocket based in Detroit have announced a blanket halt to political donations as the mortgage company contemplates the role corporations play in the political process, CEO Jay Farner said in a statement to Crain s. Midland-based Dow, meanwhile, took a more targeted approach, announcing it would suspend all corporate and employ
Updated 1/22/2021 2:50 PM
The front page the Daily Herald made on Wednesday for Thursday morning was the second front page about a presidential impeachment in 13 months, and the third in about 22 years.
And the front page for President Donald Trump s second impeachment bore a resemblance to the Daily Herald front page for the impeachment of President Bill Clinton on Dec. 20, 1998. That page, too, reflected huge news for Illinois on the same day.
Thursday s front page contained a second huge story: that Michael Madigan s long reign as Illinois House speaker ended after he held the post for 36 of the last 38 years. Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch of Hillside was elected Wednesday to replace him.