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Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks at an event in Springfield, Ill.

Rauner agenda unveiled, splits Democrats and Republicans

May 25, 2019 at 12:58 p.m.

As Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner formally unveiled his legislative agenda Friday, supportive GOP lawmakers and opposing Democrats who control the legislature took hard-line positions, foretelling what is expected to be...

Gov. Bruce Rauner on March 20, 2015, in Chicago. After months of criticism by Democrats, the Republican governor has put large parts of his so-called Turnaround Agenda into bill form.

Rauner puts parts of agenda into bill form

May 25, 2019 at 12:58 p.m.

With just 10 days remaining in the spring legislative session, Gov. Bruce Rauner has finally put large parts of his so-called Turnaround Agenda into bill form, a move that follows...

Rauner ‘Turnaround’ tour not producing results so far

May 25, 2019 at 12:58 p.m.

In the months leading up to the showdown unfolding at the Capitol, Gov. Bruce Rauner spent much of his time touring Illinois, trying to create a groundswell of support for...

Where Gov. Rauner’s roadshow visited (interactive map)

May 25, 2019 at 12:58 p.m.

Visiting restaurants, manufacturing plants, hotel ballrooms and business luncheons, Gov. Bruce Rauner covered the state from top to bottom trying to generate support for his economic agenda. This list is...

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan proposed a measure that would have put a question on the November 2016 ballot asking voters to amend the Illinois Constitution to impose an extra 3-percentage-point income tax on those who make more than $1 million a year.

Madigan’s ‘millionaire tax’ question fails in House

May 25, 2019 at 12:57 p.m.

Democratic Speaker Michael Madigan's effort to ask voters to approve a measure to impose higher income taxes on millionaires failed in the House on Thursday, but provides the powerful Southwest...

Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan estimates a tax on millionaires would generate another $1 billion a year for the state, which he says should be set aside for education.

Madigan, Rauner continue gamesmanship with millionaire tax, term limits

May 25, 2019 at 12:57 p.m.

The political gamesmanship continued Wednesday as Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan took aim at wealthy Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner by pushing a measure to raise taxes on millionaires while GOP...

Illinois Republican legislative leaders complained that Democrats are failing to "seriously engage" in budget negotiations with Gov. Bruce Rauner.

Illinois House Democrats craft their own budget plan

May 25, 2019 at 12:57 p.m.

House Democrats say they're working behind the scenes to draw up their own budget plan they hope can pass before a May 31 deadline as Republican legislative leaders complained Tuesday...

Several groups of lawmakers are working behind closed doors on the top issues at the governor's request with little more than two weeks left until adjournment of the spring session.

Murky mess at Illinois Capitol as higher stakes loom

May 25, 2019 at 12:57 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner on Thursday admitted he's not sure his plan to cut government worker pension costs is legal and suggested legislators may need to pass a bunch of laws...

Madigan sends Rauner message on anti-union right-to-work proposal

May 25, 2019 at 12:57 p.m.

Conditions on the Illinois House floor turned theatrical Thursday as lawmakers screamed, cried and even broke out in song during heated debate of a key item on Republican Gov. Bruce...

Gov. Bruce Rauner, shown May 11, 2015, in Chicago, said he still believes his plan to help ameliorate Illinois' pension debt is constitutional but conceded that his team has "some concerns whether our ideas will work."

Rauner acknowledges ‘some concerns’ about whether his pension plan will work

May 25, 2019 at 12:57 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner has joined the ranks of people who have doubts about the way forward for solving Illinois' pension problems after the state Supreme Court tossed out a 2013...

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