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House Speaker Mike Madigan answers questions from the media following a press conference in reaction to Gov. Bruce Rauner's second State of the State speech Jan. 27, 2016, at the Illinois State Capitol House Chambers in Springfield.

Rauner suggests working together on school funding amid mistrust at Capitol

May 15, 2019 at 3:18 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner sought to use his second State of the State address to brush past a seven-month budget stalemate, urging the parties to work together on school funding...

Gov. Bruce Rauner's second State of the State speech Wednesday will focus on making state government more efficient, according to talking points released Tuesday.

Rauner to talk reshaping government in second State of the State speech

May 15, 2019 at 3:18 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner is set to give his second State of the State speech Wednesday, one that aides say will focus on reshaping state government, even as distrust runs rampant...

Gery Chico, seen in 2014, violated a conflict-of-interest policy, a state ethics office has found.

State ethics office finds Chico had conflict on No Child Left Behind vote

May 15, 2019 at 3:17 p.m.

Former State Board of Education chair Gery Chico violated a conflict-of-interest policy when he weighed in on a question before the board about supplemental education funding without disclosing that his...

Gov. Bruce Rauner takes questions outside his office on Jan. 21, 2016.

Rauner reboots rhetoric to campaign mode in Year 2

May 15, 2019 at 3:17 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner took aim Thursday at the Democratic legislative leaders he has been warring with in Springfield, announcing he had struck a deal with Senate President John Cullerton...

Gov. Bruce Rauner donates blood during a Red Cross blood drive at Union Station in Chicago on Jan. 20, 2016.

Rauner on CPS takeover attempt: ‘The mayor has failed’

May 25, 2019 at 1:25 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday launched a years-in-the-making all-out assault on the Chicago Teachers Union, pushing a state takeover of the city's public school system while contending his onetime...

Gov. Bruce Rauner gives an interview at the Illinois Executive Mansion in Springfield on Jan. 11, 2016.

Rauner’s Republicans to propose allowing bankruptcy, state oversight of CPS

May 25, 2019 at 1:51 p.m.

Republican legislative leaders on Wednesday are expected to unveil proposals to allow Chicago Public Schools to declare bankruptcy and to put the financially struggling school district under state supervision, sources...

One year after Gov. Rauner signed an executive order directing the state to scrutinize the opportunities available to minoirites, he announced a new program aimed at helping minorities and women.

Rauner unveils program aimed at helping minority, female entrepreneurs

May 15, 2019 at 3:16 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner unveiled a new program Tuesday aimed at helping minority and female entrepreneurs grow their businesses, saying African-Americans didn't come to Chicago "because we had a great welfare...

Gov. Bruce Rauner at the Illinois Executive Mansion in Springfield.

Rauner asks his labor board to determine if union contract talks at impasse

May 15, 2019 at 3:16 p.m.

As he courted voters in central Illinois nearly two years ago, candidate Bruce Rauner took the microphone at a Lincoln Day dinner and warned that he might "take a strike...

Rauner, union continue bickering over new contract

May 15, 2019 at 3:15 p.m.

The posturing over a new contract continued Friday between Gov. Bruce Rauner and the largest state employee union, with the administration saying it would consider whether to refer the dispute...

Gov. Bruce Rauner says he doesn't see a budget resolution before January.

State without a budget: Slow-motion mess in Illinois

May 15, 2019 at 3:13 p.m.

As Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrats who control the General Assembly head into 2016 without a state budget, the vast majority of taxpayer-funded services are chugging along as normal...

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