Rauner move squashes Illinois school funding reform measure
The latest attempt to overhaul how money is doled out to school districts across Illinois stalled Wednesday after Gov. Bruce Rauner threw cold water on the plan, despite doubts the...
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Illinois legislators consider more higher education funding
Lawmakers are taking a second bite at the apple in an effort to keep public universities and community colleges afloat through the summer, advancing legislation Tuesday that would free up...
Optimistic Rauner mum on what it will take to end budget impasse
As Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner continues to talk up the possibility that he could strike a sweeping agreement with lawmakers to resolve the budget stalemate by the end of the...
Lawmaker wants state to take away Hastert pension
A Democratic state senator wants to bar former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert from receiving his $28,000 yearly pension for serving as an Illinois lawmaker during the 1980s. Sen. Jennifer...
Rauner strikes optimistic tone on ‘grand compromise’ with Democrats
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday sought to strike an optimistic tone that a "grand compromise" with Democrats can be reached by May 31 to end the unprecedented budget impasse...
Lawyers for Rauner, union make case on contract dispute
Lawyers for Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and the largest state employee union went head to head over the status of contract talks Monday, as the administration sought to convince a...
Illinois House, Senate play political games on constitutional amendments
Despite a flurry of action on ideas to change the Illinois Constitution that includes eliminating the lieutenant governor's office, overhauling how legislative districts are drawn and setting up a graduated...
State lawmakers approve funding to keep universities afloat through summer
Lawmakers threw foundering Illinois public universities and community colleges a life preserver Friday, with Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrats forging a rare agreement to spend $600 million to keep...
Illinois university funding compromise dangled, then yanked
For a brief spell Thursday night at the Capitol, Democrats and Republicans in the House congratulated each other for what they thought was an agreement to spend $600 million to...
CTU’s Lewis calls Gov. Rauner ‘the new ISIS recruit’
With the city facing the threat of a teachers strike, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis focused attention on Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday in an incendiary speech that likened...