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Rauner shake-up follows in wake of perceived political defeat
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office has lost or terminated 21 staffers in the wake of the passage of a contentious budget plan and an unpopular tax hike on July 6, which many saw as a major political defeat for Rauner and many GOP lawmakers.
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Lawyer applauds court that clamps down on causation claims
The Illinois Appellate Court’s Workers’ Compensation Division took a surprisingly conservative tack in determining causation in two cases related to firefighter injuries recently, a Chicago-based lawyer asserted.
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Rauner strikes conservative tone in staff shakeup
Gov. Bruce Rauner shook up his staff on Tuesday, less than a week after the Illinois General Assembly voted to override his vetoes on a budget and tax increase.
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Rauner: Bad government only thing keeping Illinois down
Illinois is “blessed with every natural resource — except good government,” Gov. Bruce Rauner concludes in an editorial published recently in Crain's Chicago Business.
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Measure would force life insurance companies to pore through past for beneficiaries
Life insurers would be required to attempt to locate the beneficiaries of unclaimed policies from as far back as 1996 under a bill that passed the General Assembly at the conclusion of the spring legislative session and now awaits Gov. Bruce Rauner's approval.
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Senator calls Illinois tax increase a 'welcome to Michigan' sign
Michigan Sen. Mike Shirkey (R-Clarklake) isn't shy about applauding Illinois' latest tax hike.
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Policy institute exec joins Rauner in crusade to save taxpayers
Gov. Bruce Rauner is bringing in a "champion" to fight for Illinoisans.
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Rauner replaces Chief of Staff Goldberg with Illinois Policy's Rasmussen
Governor Bruce Rauner has fired his Chief of Staff Richard Goldberg and replaced him with Illinois Policy Institute President Kristina Rasmussen.
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Rauner rejects tax hike as part of 911 service continuation
Gov. Bruce Rauner issued an amendatory veto on Senate Bill 1839 on Friday, calling the taxes included in the measure "mean-spirited" and an attack on 911 service, according to a press release.
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Veto override gives Illinois first budget in two years
Illinois has its first budget in more than two years after the House voted on Thursday to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s vetoes of three contentious bills that made it through both chambers in a special extended session.
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Sangamon County taxpayers to pay an extra $47M with passage of tax hike law
Sangamon County taxpayers will see a total of $47 million in state income tax increases after SB 9, a tax hike measure, passed the Democrat-controlled Illinois State Senate to become law.
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No holiday from ongoing budget battle between Rauner, legislators
The Capitol saw some fireworks of its own on the Fourth of July as the Senate and Gov. Bruce Rauner intensified their ideological feud over how to fund the state.
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UPDATED: Rauner, Schneider say Madigan broke good faith with tax hike measure
Gov. Bruce Rauner and Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider decried a move by House Speaker Michael Madigan to pass an income tax increase without offering reforms as the state's fiscal year began.
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House rejects move to merge agencies, streamline discrimination cases
More than 1,000 pending discrimination in Illinois will continue to wait their turn in line after the House voted recently not to combine the Illinois Human Rights Commission (HRC) and Illinois Department of Human Rights (DHR), according to a state press release.
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Madigan unveils 'imperfect' budget with tax hikes, some reform
With a Friday deadline fast approaching, Democrats revealed their version of a budget on Tuesday that House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) called a compromise despite leaving out several reforms Republicans had demanded.
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Policy pro urges Rauner to stick to his guns on reforms
Democrats in the General Assembly have accused Gov. Bruce Rauner of trying to push nonbudgetary reforms through in this year’s budget negotiations, but the Illinois Policy Institute’s Michael Lucci contends that Rauner’s cost-cutting measures are a necessary part of any successful budget.
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GOP 'Compromise' budget decried as barely different from Democrat plan
The GOP-proposed compromise budget plan that includes supposedly temporary tax increases, reforms and funding for education and social programs is a major disappointment, a producer of a Chicago-based conservative radio show said on a recent broadcast.
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Illinoisans plead for property tax relief in Rauner ad
With a week left in the special legislative session, Gov. Bruce Rauner has released a new ad highlighting people hurt by sky-high property taxes and urging reform.
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Rauner urges political unity to save the future of Illinois
Gov. Bruce Rauner urged Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Tuesday to unite and pass a balanced budget that will fund Illinois and get it back on its feet.
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General Assembly prepares for 10-day special session on budget
It's almost crunch time in the Illinois General Assembly.