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Gov. Bruce Rauner hears about the experiences of high school junior Alin Robledo, 17, left, who recently interned at the Lurie Children's Hospital. Rauner visited the Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy Feb. 22, 2016, on Chicago's South Side.

Rauner’s budget address aimed outside Statehouse

There are always two audiences for formal gubernatorial addresses: Legislators who actually attend, and everyone else outside the Statehouse who watch it or read about it later. Gov. Bruce Rauner's...
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama hugs his youngest daughter, Sasha, 5, before announcing his candidacy for president at the Old State Capitol in Springfield.

State stalemate continues despite Obama speech

President Barack Obama seemed to admit almost right from the start of his address to the Illinois General Assembly last week about the need for a more civil politics that...
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner delivers his State of the State address on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016, in Springfield, Ill. President Barack Obama will visit Springfield on Feb. 10 to address lawmakers.

Looking back will not solve impasse

Last week, a reporter said to Gov. Bruce Rauner that Secretary of State Jesse White had suggested that Rauner bring in former governors, including George Ryan, to help break the...
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Why is Rauner talkin’ that way?

Every time Gov. Bruce Rauner gives a major speech, social media (and even mass media) lights him up over the way he drops his Gs at the end of words....
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Why Rauner has resumed ripping Madigan

"He has taught us how to deal with him," explained a top official in Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration when asked why the governor has again cranked up his public criticism...
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Looks like more contested legislative races in 2016

One of the realities of Illinois legislative politics is that our state's system tends to discourage competition. Byzantine ballot-access laws, a highly partisan legislative map-drawing process, heavily concentrated populations of...
House Speaker Michael Madigan holds a news conference after meeting with Gov. Bruce Rauner and other leaders in Springfield on Dec. 1, 2015.

Madigan stumbles under OODALoops attack

One of the concepts used so effectively by Gov. Bruce Rauner's campaign last year was what are called "OODA Loops." I'm going to oversimplify because of space, but the idea,...
Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez takes questions Dec. 3, 2015, after protesters stormed the Cook County Office Building in Chicago. Activists demanded she resign from office over the handling of police-involved shooting investigations.

Cook County Democrats should abandon Alvarez

With growing numbers of black and Latino politicians calling for Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez to resign, it's probably time for the county's Democratic Party leaders to rethink their...
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Everyone failed Laquan McDonald

Here's what the Chicago Police Department told the media after 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was killed by a police officer 13 months ago: A drug-addled black kid lunged at a cop...
House Speaker Michael Madigan.

Madigan’s pressure on Cullerton didn’t work

Earlier this month, when the General Assembly was in Springfield, House Speaker Michael Madigan called Senate President John Cullerton six times to ask him to move the child care program...