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Rauner praises Trump education secretary pick

May 15, 2019 at 4:03 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner praised President-elect Donald Trump's choice for education secretary Thursday, saying the Michigan billionaire and school voucher proponent is "a very talented and very passionate education advocate."...

Gov. Bruce Rauner's office has put off a scheduled Thursday morning meeting with legislative leaders.

Rauner postpones meeting with top lawmakers

May 15, 2019 at 4:03 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's office has put off a scheduled Thursday morning meeting with legislative leaders, leaving it unclear when the two sides will reconvene talks on a spending plan...

A ComEd worker installs a smart meter on a home in 2013.

ComEd customers face $2 bump in delivery charge after rate hike OK’d

June 8, 2018 at 7:22 p.m.

The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved a 5 percent increase in the annual delivery rate for ComEd, expected to generate $127.5 million in additional revenue for the utility in 2017....

House Speaker Michael Madigan prepares to address the media Dec. 6, 2016, after a meeting with Gov. Bruce Rauner at the Thompson Center.

Rauner, Madigan now can’t even agree on how to negotiate

May 15, 2019 at 4:03 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan remained far apart on a new budget Tuesday, unable to even agree on a way forward for negotiations. The two...

The Exelon Quad Cities nuclear power plant in Cordova, Ill., is seen in 2007. Exelon says the plant is unprofitable due to increased competition from lower-cost natural gas plants and because transmission costs are higher because it's sharing the same lines with wind power from other states.

ComEd, Exelon drop some provisions in controversial bill

May 15, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

Hours after Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration criticized aspects of a controversial and potentially costly energy bill, the power companies pushing the legislation on Tuesday dropped some of its most...

Exelon teams up with Big Coal in subsidy-filled Springfield bill

May 15, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

Exelon is back at the Capitol trying to win financial help for two struggling nuclear power plants, pushing what opponents have called a "Christmas tree" of giveaways that they estimate...

Governor Bruce Rauner speaks to the media after his keynote address for the Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau luncheon on Oct. 5, 2016, at the Double-Tree Hotel in Alsip.

Rauner changes overtime rules, gives bonuses as state worker contract talks stall

May 15, 2019 at 4:01 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration said Wednesday it will start executing elements of his proposed contract for state employees, processing $1,000 bonuses for state workers and imposing new rules on...

Gov. Bruce Rauner on Nov. 11, 2016, in Springfield.

Rauner scores big win over union on contract talks

May 15, 2019 at 4:01 p.m.

An Illinois labor board declared Tuesday that Gov. Bruce Rauner and the state's largest employee union are at an impasse in negotiations, clearing the way for the Republican governor to...

Taxpayer-funded group to pay for Emanuel’s trip to see Cupich become cardinal

May 15, 2019 at 4:01 p.m.

A city-funded economic development group will pay for Mayor Rahm Emanuel's trip to Rome later this week for the ceremony elevating Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich to cardinal. World Business Chicago...

Hillary Rodham Clinton has a laugh with J.B. Pritzker at a dinner hosted by the Economic Club of Chicago at the Fairmont Chicago on Oct. 8, 2014. Pritzker was considered a contender for a Cabinet or ambassadorial position in a Clinton administration.

Few Illinoisans will have clout with new president; Democrats out in cold

May 15, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

On Halloween, just eight days before the election, Donald Trump made a quiet visit to the edifice that bears his name in Chicago, where he held private meetings with his...

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