Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner
Recent News About Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner
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Rauner: Will County bridge project near intermodal facilities to fuel economy
Acknowledging the financial challenges continuing to face Illinois despite a recently approved stopgap spending budget, Gov. Bruce Rauner is plowing ahead to improve the state’s economy.
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Report: State pension reform needed to avoid 'catastrophic' fate
Taxpayers United of America (TUA) recently released its 10th Annual Illinois State Pensions Report examining the state’s General Assembly Retirement System (GARS), Judges’ Retirement System (JRS), Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS), State Universities Retirement System (SURS), State Employees’ Retirement System (SERS) and the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF).
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Rauner, GOP say stopgap budget the first step toward something greater
After months of disagreements regarding the state budget, Illinois lawmakers found themselves in a friendlier place after the General Assembly passed a stopgap budget late last week that will temporarily fund the state’s schools and basic human services through January.
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Rauner, mayors urge Dem leaders to back stopgap, school bills
Gov. Bruce Rauner and several mayors from around Illinois recently appealed to Democrats in the General Assembly to return to Springfield and pass the stopgap budget (HB 6585/SB 3435) and education budget (HB 6583/SB 3434).
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Rauner: New budget needed soon to keep essential services running
SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Bruce Rauner said recently that essential state services would soon start shutting down unless the impasse with the Assembly over a budget is resolved.
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Rauner urges legislators to hammer out budget by fiscal year's end next week
Gov. Bruce Rauner urged Illinois legislators to return to Springfield and pass a new budget on Monday. The new fiscal year begins on Friday, July 1, but there is no budget to ensure that schools, social services and other services will continue through the upcoming year.
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Rauner tours Central Management Services to gauge streamlining efforts
This week, Gov. Bruce Rauner toured the Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS), during which CMS staff shared updates on efforts to streamline government operations.
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Rauner urges legislators to do 'the right thing' and pass stopgap budget
As the fate of Illinois’ public schools and government-funded agencies continues to hang in limbo, Gov. Bruce Rauner is urging members of the General Assembly to come together to vote on an education bill and a stopgap budget to fund the state’s essential services over the next several months.