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Radio host Steve Cochran ‘offended’ by Mendoza’s reaction to his duct tape comment

May 15, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

A talk radio host who was called out by Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza for an on-air comment about duct-taping her mouth said Monday that he was "offended" by the way...

Linda Lingle, former Hawaii governor, addresses delegates at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland July 18, 2016. Lingle was hired by Gov. Bruce Rauner to handle the day-to-day management of Illinois government.

Gov. Rauner’s ‘superstar’ team runs into political reality

May 15, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

When Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner took office, he boasted of a "superstar" team he'd hired to help remake state government. The team consisted of a consultant with experience helping governors...

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza speaks at a press conference at the Thompson Center in Chicago on Friday, March 31, 2017. She called on Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and a WGN radio host to apologize for the media personality’s suggestion that the governor put duct tape over her mouth.

Mendoza calls on Rauner, WGN radio host to apologize for ‘duct tape’ comment

May 15, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

Democratic Comptroller Susana Mendoza on Friday called on Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and a WGN radio host to apologize for the media personality's suggestion that the governor put duct tape...

Architect Helmut Jahn looks over drawings of his State of Illinois Center in 1980.

Madigan calls Rauner’s Thompson Center comments ‘disingenuous’

May 15, 2019 at 4:12 p.m.

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan pushed back Tuesday on Gov. Bruce Rauner's recent assertion that Democrats who control the General Assembly are holding up the sale of the state's Thompson...

Gov. Bruce Raunertried to jump start his plan to allow private companies to build toll lanes along portions of the Stevenson Expressway.

Rauner wants vote on new Stevenson toll lanes, Madigan quickly pushes back

May 15, 2019 at 4:12 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner Monday tried to jump-start his plan to allow private companies to build toll lanes along portions of the Stevenson Expressway, saying Democratic leaders in the General...

Gov. Bruce Rauner on Feb. 23, 2017 in Springfield.

Rauner touts support for pension plan that includes CPS aid, vetoes a city proposal

May 15, 2019 at 4:12 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner summoned reporters to his office Friday to announce more than two dozen House Republicans are willing to vote for pension legislation that would include money for...

Judge: Move state lawmaker pay to front of long line of unpaid bills

May 15, 2019 at 4:12 p.m.

A Cook County judge on Thursday ruled against the "no budget, no pay" policy backed by Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic Comptroller Susana Mendoza, finding that the comptroller can't...

Rauner, Mendoza again blame each other for the state budget stalemate

May 15, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

Democratic state Comptroller Susana Mendoza kept up her attacks on Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday, saying he has failed to fulfill his duties and has left Illinois "in the...

Gov. Bruce Rauner answers questions from the press at his office in the State Capitol in Springfield Thursday Feb. 23, 2017 and talks about the AFSCME vote and the budget impasse.

Rauner asks state Supreme Court to get involved in fight with union

May 15, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner tried to jump-start a stalled labor dispute Friday, asking the Illinois Supreme Court to allow him to impose his preferred contract terms on the state's largest...

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State lawmakers paychecks shouldn’t move to the front of the line, judge says

May 15, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

A Cook County judge Thursday didn't move state lawmakers' paychecks toward the front of Illinois' long line of unpaid bills but agreed to hear another set of arguments next week....

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