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Gov. Bruce Rauner arrives at the Safer Foundation's North Lawndale Adult Transition Center in Chicago for a bill signing in August 2017.

After long delay, governor assumes role of Rauner the recruiter

May 15, 2019 at 4:30 p.m.

Before Bruce Rauner was elected governor, he crisscrossed the state touting his business acumen and vowing to travel the world on his "own dime" to recruit companies and spur investment...

Secretary of Education Beth Purvis is the latest official to leave the Rauner administration.

Key Rauner education aide latest to leave administration

May 15, 2019 at 4:30 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's education secretary is leaving for the private sector, a departure that comes just weeks after he cut a deal with Democrats to overhaul the way Illinois...

Rauner moves to release human services money as he implements budget he opposed

May 15, 2019 at 4:29 p.m.

More than two months after lawmakers put an end to the state's historic budget impasse by voting to override Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of a new spending plan, his administration...

Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks during a bill signing at the Safer Foundation North Lawndale Adult Transition Center.

Rauner will borrow $6 billion to start paying off Illinois pile of unpaid bills

May 15, 2019 at 4:29 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner announced plans Thursday to borrow $6 billion to work on paying down Illinois' massive backlog of unpaid bills, but he warned that he'll try to trim...

Gov. Bruce Rauner attends a bill signing at the Safer Foundation North Lawndale Adult Transition Center on Aug. 24, 2017.

Home health care workers sue Rauner for withholding 48-cent-an-hour pay hike

May 15, 2019 at 4:29 p.m.

Home health care workers sued the state of Illinois on Wednesday, alleging that Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration has failed to make good on pay raises required under the new state...

Rauner win on schools bill comes at a price

May 15, 2019 at 4:29 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner on Thursday signed into law a new state school funding formula, putting in place the final and perhaps most politically crucial component of a new budget that...

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, left, and Senate President John Cullerton talk July 4, 2017, on the Senate floor at the Capitol in Springfield.

Senate advances landmark school funding bill; Rauner to sign measure Thursday

May 15, 2019 at 4:28 p.m.

Democrats and Republicans in the Illinois Senate came together Tuesday to approve legislation revamping how state money is distributed to local schools, ensuring more of the state's education funding is...

Democratic House Speaker Mike Madigan, left,visits with House Republican Leader Jim Durkin after the education funding bill passed.

On third try, Illinois House approves education funding bill

May 15, 2019 at 4:28 p.m.

Following some twists and turns, the Illinois House on Monday narrowly approved a historic overhaul of the way the state funds schools, a key step toward freeing up money for...

Illinois Senate Minority Leader Bill Brady, R-Bloomington, right, and Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, left, address the media after arriving for a leaders meeting about education funding at the state Capitol, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Springfield, Ill.

State school funding deal comes under pressure as leaders work on final details

May 15, 2019 at 4:28 p.m.

With legislative leaders still working on the finer points of a plan to send money to public schools, their efforts risked being derailed amid ongoing rancor between Gov. Bruce Rauner...

Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks during a bill signing on Aug. 24, 2017, at the Safer Foundation North Lawndale Adult Transition Center. Rauner signed several more bills into law on Friday.

Rauner bill approvals include one making birth certificate changes easier for transgender people

May 15, 2019 at 4:28 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Friday signed into law measures to ban the so-called gay panic defense in criminal proceedings and make it easier for transgender people to change the...

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