Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner
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Recent News About Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner
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Repeat gun offenders face harsher penalties under new law
Repeat gun offenders will face increased penalties in Illinois as of 2018 thanks to a measure signed into law by Gov. Bruce Rauner in late June.
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Policy institute exec joins Rauner in crusade to save taxpayers
Gov. Bruce Rauner is bringing in a "champion" to fight for Illinoisans.
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Rauner replaces Chief of Staff Goldberg with Illinois Policy's Rasmussen
Gov. Bruce Rauner has fired his Chief of Staff Richard Goldberg and replaced him with Illinois Policy Institute President Kristina Rasmussen.
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Rauner described as giving in to compromise yet failing anyway
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s "Turnaround Agenda" has done a 180, the Illinois Policy Institute suggested recently.
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Chicago taxpayers to pay an extra $895M with passage of tax hike law
Chicago taxpayers will see a total of $895 million in state income tax increases after SB 9, a tax hike measure, passed the Democrat-controlled Illinois State Senate to become law.
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Diana Rauner honored for contributions at annual Rotary luncheon
Gov. Bruce Rauner doesn't stand alone as a leader in Illinois -- or in his own home, for that matter.
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Rauner tells people: Power of change is in your hands alone
Gov. Bruce Rauner told listeners of the "Chicago's Morning Answer" radio show that they'd better not rely on entrenched politicians to save them.
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Rauner enacts measure to help ease overcrowding in county jails
Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a bill into law on Friday that is intended to ease jail overcrowding by reforming the bail process, his office announced on Saturday.
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Rauner, GOP bemoan budget breakdown, blame bickering Democrats
“Today we’ve seen a complete dereliction of duty by the majority in the General Assembly,” Gov. Bruce Rauner said after the 100th session of the General Assembly closed. “Once again, a tragic failure to serve the people of Illinois. A tragic failure to pass a balanced budget along with critical structural changes to protect taxpayers and grow more jobs.”
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Rauner boasts delivery of 'economic engine' to Chicago's South Side
An "economic engine" that will create nearly 300 jobs and possibly many more in its wake took its first steps toward becoming a reality on Chicago's South Side recently.
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Budget breakdown lands Illinois one step from junk bond rating
Illinois did something this week that no state has ever done: lowered its credit rating to near-junk bond status, according to a non-profit citizens advocacy group.
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Chicago taxpayers would pay an extra $895M if Democrats’ tax hike becomes law
Chicago taxpayers would see a total of $895 million in state income tax increases if a tax hike measure passed by the Democrat-controlled Illinois State Senate becomes law.
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Illinois' Income tax hike: which Chicagoland communities will pay the most?
Taxpayers in the the City of Chicago's seventeen wealthiest zip codes would pay an additional $473 million in state income taxes if a tax hike measure passed by the Democrat-controlled Illinois State Senate becomes law.
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Manar attacks Kankakee Times for publishing school funding numbers
Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) is demanding a state investigation after the Kankakee Times reported on the anticipated district-by-district financial impact of his Senate Bill 1, which promises to change the state's formula for dispensing money to public schools.
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Rauner says end run around Madigan only way forward for Illinois
The buckling stops here, Gov. Bruce Rauner said during a call-in radio show recently.
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Rauner says end run around Madigan only way forward for Illinois
The buckling stops here, Gov. Bruce Rauner said during a call-in radio show recently.
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Small businesses have big role to play in saving Illinois, Rauner says on tour
Illinois can't grow unless its small businesses grow, Gov. Bruce Rauner told owners and employees of several of the state's 1 million such businesses on a brief tour recently.
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Pritzker described as pale mirror image of Rauner
Gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker would like to present himself as the Democratic mirror image of Gov. Bruce Rauner, but his reflection is far too weak, the lllinois Republican Party said recently.
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Governor's whirlwind tour winds down
Gov. Bruce Rauner wrapped up a two-day tour of the state recently after riding from town to town on a message of reform.
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Rauner grateful for House GOP support of pension reform bill
Several Republican representatives will announce their support for a comprehensive pension reform bill that is meant to improve the pension problems in the state, including the pension crisis in Chicago, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner said on Friday.