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Lisa Madigan, Illinois Attorney General at a press conference on March 21, 2016.

Madigan’s filing to stop paying state employee wages is long overdue

June 6, 2018 at 3:15 a.m.

Question the timing all you want, but last week's legal filing by Attorney General Lisa Madigan to stop paying state employee wages without an official appropriation is long overdue and...

President Barack Obama boards Air Force One before taking off Oct. 9, 2016, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

Miller: I once told Obama to not be so ambitious

June 6, 2018 at 5:24 a.m.

On a fairly regular basis back in the day, state Sen. Barack Obama would walk up to the Senate press box and bum cigarettes off me. That was when people...

Miller: Speeches for Madigan were defensive, joyless

June 6, 2018 at 7:33 a.m.

If I had to choose a word to describe the Democrats' nominating speeches for House Speaker Michael Madigan's recent reelection, it would be either "defensive" or perhaps "joyless." The speeches...

Miller: Rauner’s gonna need every bit of $50 million he contributed to his campaign

June 6, 2018 at 9:31 a.m.

Back in December, Gov. Bruce Rauner was asked by a Chicago TV reporter if he planned to run for re-election. Rauner said he wasn't focused on such things. Three days...

Gov. Bruce Rauner and Speaker Mike Madiga

Miller: Illinois in danger of becoming a failed state

June 6, 2018 at 11:24 a.m.

Let's take a look at headlines from just one day in December: * The state's bill backlog tops $11.3 billion as the political impasse preventing a budget deal dragged on....

Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks to reporters in Springfield on Nov. 16, 2016.

Miller: Rauner shows how his mind works in emails

June 8, 2018 at 1:26 p.m.

If you want to see how Gov. Bruce Rauner's mind works, you should skim through the vast trove of emails from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's private account that a Better...

In this Nov. 16, 2016, file photo, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks to reporters in Springfield, Ill. The emails recently released from Mayor Rahm Emanuel's private email account shed some light on Gov. Rauner, too.

Mayor’s emails provide glimpse into governor’s mind

June 8, 2018 at 1:20 p.m.

If you want to see how Gov. Bruce Rauner's mind works, you should skim through the vast trove of e-mails from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's private account that a Better...

Miller: If Pritzker seeks governor’s office, expect big bucks spent on race

June 8, 2018 at 2:49 p.m.

"This will be the most expensive race of our lifetime," a Republican friend assured me last week about the apparently already begun 2018 gubernatorial campaign. If Democratic billionaire J.B. Pritzker...

House Speaker Michael Madigan prepares to address the media Dec. 6, 2016, after a meeting with Gov. Bruce Rauner at the Thompson Center.

Governor’s staffers say they don’t understand why Dems upset over canceled meeting

June 8, 2018 at 4:59 p.m.

Top folks in the governor's office said they didn't quite understand last week why the Senate Democrats and House Speaker Michael Madigan's spokesman were so upset with them about canceling...

House Speaker Michael Madigan, accompanied by state Rep. Greg Harris, D-Chicago, takes questions from the media after their closed door meeting with Gov. Bruce Rauner and other Republican leaders at the Thompson Center on Dec. 3, 2016, in Chicago.

Miller: There’s little doubt that Rauner was likely to veto funding proposal

June 8, 2018 at 6:47 p.m.

As Senate President John Cullerton sees it, Gov. Bruce Rauner "needed an excuse" to veto a bill last week that would've given the Chicago Public Schools $215 million for its...

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