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Rauner Cannot Go Anywhere Without Being Reminded of Two-Year Budget Crisis

Macomb Bypass Project Shut Down Last Year When Rauner Vetoed State Budget Today, Governor Bruce Rauner will attend a ribbon cutting ceremony at a project that exemplifies the consequences of Rauner’s two-year budget crisis. The Macomb Bypass was one of about 700 projects halted last year when Rauner vetoed the state’s first budget in two-years. The…

FACT CHECK: Rauner’s Leadership Shifted the State’s Infrastructure Plan into Reverse

In a fitting bit of symbolism, Governor Bruce Rauner today announced the state’s new six-year infrastructure plan in front of a bridge that’s been slated for replacement since 2013. But the announcement also comes after years of Bruce Rauner entirely failing to manage the infrastructure of the state, leaving us with a system rated “C-Minus” and costing drivers…

Rauner Continues Playing Politics with Illinois Families’ Safety

Yesterday, Governor Bruce Rauner’s office quickly flip-flopped on whether the Governor even supported portions of his own public safety proposal. Rauner previously rewrote a gun safety bill in an effort “kill the bill,” so it was surprising to hear his criminal justice director tell legislators the Governor would be willing to drop the controversial items of his rewrite…

EXCLUSIVE: Footage from Rauner’s Belated GOP Unity Luncheon

Today, Republican leaders gathered together at the City Club of Chicago in a desperate attempt to unite their fractured party behind Governor Bruce Rauner. Things did not go so well. WATCH HERE Four years ago, Rauner and the Illinois Republican Party held a unity luncheon the morning after his primary victory. Today’s event was the closest Rauner came to…

Day 63: Rauner’s Unity Effort Up in Flames as Ives Calls on Party Leadership to Resign

Governor Bruce Rauner’s unity effort went up in flames yesterday as state Representative Jeanne Ives called on the entire party leadership to step down. Over the weekend, Rauner’s allies ceded control over the Illinois Republican Party in an effort to hold back a conservative revolt. But the Prairie State Wire is now reporting the deal was marred with bribery…

New Report Again Shows Rauner Admin Focused on Spin – Not Victims – In Quincy Aftermath

Rauner Admin Refutes Local Coroner’s Findings About Resident’s Death This morning, a new WBEZ report once again showed Governor Bruce Rauner’s administration focused more on dodging responsibility than learning from their mistakes following the deadly Quincy Veterans’ Home Legionnaires’ outbreak. According to the report, Rauner’s administration refused to admit that one resident was not found for two days…

ICYMI: Champaign News-Gazette: “The GOP Dilemma Cannot be Understated”

Over the weekend, the Champaign News-Gazette Editorial Board sounded the alarm on Republicans’ disunity after a close and heated primary battle that nearly cost failed Governor Bruce Rauner his party’s nomination. Two months after the election, Rauner’s primary opponent still regularly attacks him and the Governor was forced to cede control of his party. Read the full article from the Champaign News-Gazette Editorial Board here or…

Rauner Dogged by Repeated Rivian Automotive Lie

Peoria Journal-Star Editorial Slams Rauner’s Lies as Typical in the Age of Trump Ever since last Friday, Governor Bruce Rauner’s been dogged by one of his many lies. This time he told a crowd that no one wanted a car plant in Bloomington-Normal, despite the fact that he had visited the plant and its new…

Rauner In Damage Control Mode as Lies and Failures Pile Up

Bruce Rauner found himself playing double duty on the damage control front yesterday. While spending the night in the state-run Quincy Veterans’ Home where 13 people died on his watch, Bruce Rauner called into a radio station to refute spin from his “political opponents and the media” about one of his many lies. A Bloomington-Normal radio host took issue with Rauner repeatedly…

Rauner Forced to Cede Control of Party, Still Hasn’t Talked to Ives

The nation’s most vulnerable incumbent was forced to partially cede control over his party’s operations this morning, as news broke Rauner’s hand-picked party chairman agreed to be a “co-chairman” to avoid a divisive party vote. Politico Illinois wrote Rauner’s bowing to reality shows “weakness” and would “never could have happened under Rauner two years ago.” But Rauner…

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