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Rauner moves to release human services money as he implements budget he opposed

May 15, 2019 at 4:29 p.m.

More than two months after lawmakers put an end to the state's historic budget impasse by voting to override Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of a new spending plan, his administration...

Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks during a bill signing at the Safer Foundation North Lawndale Adult Transition Center.

Rauner will borrow $6 billion to start paying off Illinois pile of unpaid bills

May 15, 2019 at 4:29 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner announced plans Thursday to borrow $6 billion to work on paying down Illinois' massive backlog of unpaid bills, but he warned that he'll try to trim...

Gov. Bruce Rauner, left, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Rauner says immigration reform up to Congress; Emanuel wants state bill of rights for immigrants

May 15, 2019 at 4:29 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday said Congress should take up broad immigration reform in response to President Donald Trump's decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, as...

Gov. Bruce Rauner attends a bill signing at the Safer Foundation North Lawndale Adult Transition Center on Aug. 24, 2017.

Home health care workers sue Rauner for withholding 48-cent-an-hour pay hike

May 15, 2019 at 4:29 p.m.

Home health care workers sued the state of Illinois on Wednesday, alleging that Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration has failed to make good on pay raises required under the new state...

State Sen. Andy Manar, D-Bunker Hill, right, talks with Sen. Dan McConchie, R-Hawthorn Woods, on the chamber floor during the second day of a special session on education funding at the Capitol on July 27, 2017, in Springfield. Manar was the Senate sponsor and chief architect of the new school funding formula.

Pair of property tax cut options in new schools bill, but they’re limited

May 15, 2019 at 4:29 p.m.

As legislative leaders tried to put together a long-elusive school funding formula overhaul, it quickly became clear that Chicago Public Schools stood to gain hundreds of millions of dollars, both...

Governor Bruce Rauner laughs after a reporter asks him about the Cubs after speaking at the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago on Monday, July 24, 2017.

Rauner signs immigration, automatic voter registration bills into law

May 15, 2019 at 4:28 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner Monday signed into law one bill that would protect immigrants who are in the country illegally from being detained solely because of their immigration status and another...

Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks during a bill signing on Aug. 24, 2017, at the Safer Foundation North Lawndale Adult Transition Center. Rauner signed several more bills into law on Friday.

Rauner bill approvals include one making birth certificate changes easier for transgender people

May 15, 2019 at 4:28 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Friday signed into law measures to ban the so-called gay panic defense in criminal proceedings and make it easier for transgender people to change the...

Gov. Bruce Rauner at the Illinois State Fair on Aug. 16, 2017, in Springfield.

Rauner dumps recently rebuilt press team following missteps, cartoon controversy

May 15, 2019 at 4:28 p.m.

Following a series of political misfires during the past month, Gov. Bruce Rauner on Thursday tried to reset his administration by parting ways with his recently rebuilt press staff after...

Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks at the Governor's Day rally Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield.

Rauner clarifies ‘as a white male’ statement on cartoon critics found offensive

May 15, 2019 at 4:28 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner on Tuesday attempted to move past the issue of a political cartoon from a conservative think tank with deep ties to his administration and clean up a...

A spokeswoman said Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner will sign the Trust Act into law Monday. The legislation would prohibit state and local police in Illinois from arresting or detaining a person solely because of their immigration status.

Rauner will sign immigration bill, aide says

May 15, 2019 at 4:28 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner will sign into law a bill that would protect immigrants who are in the country illegally from being detained solely because of their immigration status, according...

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