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Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, speaks to the Illinois Senate about pension in Springfield earlier this year.

Cullerton says Rauner needs to call meeting to find short-term budget fix

May 15, 2019 at 2:33 p.m.

Democratic Senate President John Cullerton on Monday said Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic leaders are far from a deal on plugging this year's budget hole because the new governor...

Archbishop Blase Cupich and Gov. Bruce Rauner enjoy a light moment during an immigration reform panel March 9, 2015, at St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago.

Cupich, Rauner press for immigration reform deal

May 15, 2019 at 2:33 p.m.

Illinois Republican leaders on Monday reiterated their support for comprehensive immigration reform at a gathering organized by business leaders who want congressional action. But it was Archbishop Blase Cupich who...

Gov. Bruce Rauner, from left, J.B. Pritzker, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin at the opening of "Matter," the new tech incubator at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago last month.

Rauner says next mayor should have ‘financial sophistication’

May 15, 2019 at 2:32 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner contended Friday that public employee unions are behind the political decisions that drive how Illinois' largest city is governed and said until that factor is eliminated, "Chicago...

Unions sue to halt Rauner’s move to withhold ‘fair share’ fees

May 15, 2019 at 2:32 p.m.

State employee unions on Thursday sued to block Gov. Bruce Rauner's attempt to withhold fees unions receive from nonmembers, calling his executive order a "patently illegal" attempt to weaken organized...

Gov. Bruce Rauner attends the Illinois Economic Development Rountable discussion Friday at the Union League Club in Chicago.

Rauner, Democrats disagree on short-term budget fix

August 18, 2019 at 6:50 p.m.

More than a week after Gov. Bruce Rauner declared he was "literally days away" from a solution to the $1.6 billion shortfall in this year's budget, the governor insisted Friday...

Gov. Bruce Rauner and Mayor Rahm Emanuel attend the opening of the Breakthrough Urban Ministries FamilyPlex on Jan. 17 in Chicago.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Gov. Bruce Rauner tested by money woes

May 15, 2019 at 2:30 p.m.

The close relationship Gov. Bruce Rauner and Mayor Rahm Emanuel forged through a big private equity deal, support of charter schools and shared vacations with pricey bottles of wine has...

Donna Arduin, left, seen in 2004, was budget director for California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for 11 months.

Bruce Rauner turns to high-priced consultant for budget plan

August 21, 2019 at 5:29 p.m.

When Gov. Bruce Rauner set out to craft the budget he'll propose Wednesday, he turned to a $30,000-a-month consultant with a history of helping Republican governors and a devotion to...

A move by Gov. Bruce Rauner to stop payment of "fair share" fees was blocked Feb. 13, 2015, by Comptroller Leslie Munger.

Rauner tries end run on union fees

May 15, 2019 at 2:29 p.m.

Intent on forcing a court fight, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Friday pulled an end run around his hand-picked comptroller and Democratic Attorney General Lisa Madigan in his battle against...

Rauner moves to exempt public workers from paying union fees

May 25, 2019 at 1:28 p.m.

Moving beyond rhetoric, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday issued an executive order that aims at absolving state workers who don't want to join a union from paying fees that...

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks at Truck Centers, Inc. in Troy, Ill.

Gov. Rauner’s property tax freeze proposal gets mixed reception

August 18, 2019 at 6:43 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's call for a two-year freeze on property taxes stems from a a simple truth: Nobody wants to pay more of the most-hated tax of all. The...

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