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Gov. Bruce Rauner has been saying he thinks a comprehensive budget deal is “very close.” He points to negotiations in the state Senate, so Brian Mackey…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner says he'd veto legislation seeking to protect the right to abortion in Illinois. Pro-abortion-rights activists say that's a change of…
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A month after Gov. Bruce Rauner conveyed to Republicans his opposition to the grand bargain, Senate Democrats are rejecting his attempt to break off…
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The Grand Bargain is a package of interlocking legislation designed to break the budget impasse. How important is school funding to that deal? Important…
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It seems there more budget action in Illinois courts than in the Statehouse. After getting just one paycheck since last summer, state legislators are…
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Ten Republican senators voted for at least one bill in the grand bargain. We asked all of them about Gov. Bruce Rauner's role in stopping them from going…
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Republican senators working with Gov. Bruce Rauner began breaking off pieces of the "grand bargain," which Democrats say undermines efforts to move toward…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner is pushing to break off a couple pieces from the Illinois Senate’s so-called grand bargain. Democrats say that’s a bad omen for the…
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The spring legislative session is in full swing under the shadow of a failed Grand Bargain, which aimed to end a 20-month stretch without a budget. Bills…
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Illinois senators are putting put Governor Bruce Rauner’s agency directors under the magnifying glass.It’s part of the ongoing fallout from Rauner’s move…