Rauner: No more budget meetings until early January
Gov. Bruce Rauner said Friday he does not expect to meet again with legislative leaders until early January, a day after House Speaker Michael Madigan skipped out on such a...
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Madigan a no-show at meeting with Rauner, top lawmakers
House Speaker Michael Madigan didn't show up for a Thursday meeting with Gov. Bruce Rauner and legislative leaders, the latest sign that the budget impasse that's consumed state government for...
Madigan: Raise income tax rate back to 5 percent, for starters
Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan declared Wednesday that the state income tax rate should be raised back to at least 5 percent to help balance the state's out-of-whack finances. In...
Rauner: ‘I cried’ when watching Laquan McDonald video
Gov. Bruce Rauner on Thursday weighed in on the political firestorm that has erupted around the deadly shooting of an African-American teen by a Chicago police officer last year, saying...
Recycled rhetoric and no progress as Rauner, Madigan meet
Gov. Bruce Rauner and the four legislative leaders sat down together Tuesday for the first time since May, only to discover little has changed since then to resolve a budget...
Rauner, Madigan to meet, but little progress expected on state impasse
Gov. Bruce Rauner and the four House and Senate leaders are scheduled to gather Tuesday afternoon to talk about the budget for the first time in months, though the much-hyped...
Rauner to borrow from state agency to pay bills
To help cover Illinois' unpaid bills in the midst of a budget stalemate, Gov. Bruce Rauner is turning to an obscure state agency usually occupied with arranging loans to farms,...
State lawmaker who crossed Madigan to help Rauner says Democrats ‘vindictive’
State Rep. Ken Dunkin, the Chicago Democrat who denied House Speaker Michael Madigan crucial votes against Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner in Springfield this week, is defending his decision to break...
State lawmaker who crossed Madigan to help Rauner says Democrats ‘vindictive’
State Rep. Ken Dunkin, the Chicago Democrat who denied House Speaker Michael Madigan crucial votes against Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner in Springfield this week, is defending his decision to break...
Rauner, Madigan jockey for public perception at Capitol
The political gamesmanship continued at the Capitol on Tuesday as Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan jockeyed for public perception ahead of next week's confab with...