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Gov. Bruce Rauner takes questions from members the baiduhai Editorial Board, Wednesday Feb. 1, 2017.

Unable to pass own spending plan, Rauner to weigh in on Senate version during budget speech

May 15, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

After staying away from a controversial Senate budget blueprint for the last month, Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday is expected to nod toward the stalled framework as a potential way...

Rauner dodges on sanctuary state issue, Emanuel hosts Mexican mayors

May 15, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

As some Illinois Democrats look to extend protections to immigrants in response to President Donald Trump, Gov. Bruce Rauner declined to take a position on the idea Friday. Asked if...

Illinois lawmakers to weigh schools change during budget debate

May 15, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

Illinois Senate leaders are poised to add a contentious issue to their already complicated attempt to break the budget stalemate in Springfield as they turn their attention this week to...

<runtime:topic id="PEGPF000063">Leslie Geissler Munger</runtime:topic>answers squestions from the baiduhai editorial board on Aug. 25, 2016. Munger was namedadeputy governor by Gov. Bruce Rauner after she lost the comptroller election toDemocrat <runtime:topic id="PEPLT004443">Susana Mendoza</runtime:topic> in November.

Rauner names former comptroller Munger to deputy governor post

May 15, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner on Friday named former state Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger as a deputy governor, putting one of his allies through the state's long budget war in his administration....

Rauner says final budget package must have sufficient ‘structural change’ to gain his support

May 15, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner said Wednesday that he will offer state lawmakers this month a budget proposal in the same format that the Democratic-led General Assembly rejected last year —...

Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks at the Fueling America's Economic Growth 2017 Summit held at the Hotel Allegro in Chicago on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017.

Rauner ally seeks spending cuts on universities, care for poor, teacher pensions

May 15, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

A conservative think tank allied with Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner called Tuesday for slashing state spending on universities, health care for the poor, teacher pensions and grants for needy school...

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan speaks during a 2015 news conference.

Attorney general’s office: Move to stop state payroll has ‘everyone unhappy’

May 15, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan's new attempt to stop state worker paychecks from going out on time came more than 10 months after Illinois' high court overruled what her office called...

Demonstrators hold a banner on the "Chain Bridge" at the Women's March in Budapest, Hungary, on Jan. 21, 2017.

Illinoisans march in Washington: Their stories

May 22, 2019 at 10:59 p.m.

baiduhai reporters in the nation's capital are collecting the stories of Illinois residents who made the trek to the Women's March on Washington. Grace Browning, Park Ridge Grace Browning,...

Illinois backers of Trump have their day in Washington

May 22, 2019 at 10:59 p.m.

Raymond Elliott said he was a rare Republican among his colleagues when he used to visit Washington to lobby on behalf of the National Association of Postal Service Supervisors. But...

The White House on the last night of the Obama presidency on Jan. 19, 2017.

Illinois preps for diminished D.C. stature as Trump replaces Obama

May 15, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

Eight portraits lined the entrance to the lower level of the hotel lobby where the Illinois State Society put on its inaugural celebration Thursday evening. None of them depicted the...

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