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Student Exodus Growing Under Rauner: State of the State is Worse

Herald & Review Finds More Illinoisans Going to College Out-Of-State Illinois was already losing people to other states. Now, a troubling new report out this week is detailing how the state is losing students, too. The Herald & Review published “Losing the Future,” which calls into question just how much long-term damage Governor Bruce Rauner’s policies have…

Rauner Calls Fact that Job Growth Dropped Under Him a “Distraction”

Rauner Won’t Commit to Preventing Another Budget Stalemate Here’s the fact that Governor Bruce Rauner wants voters to ignore: job growth dropped dramatically under his watch. Rauner was asked today by the Crain’s Chicago Business editorial board what he makes of the fact that job growth slowed under him. Rauner said it was a “distraction”…

Rauner “Would Not Do Anything Different” In Response to Legionnaires’ Outbreak That Killed 13

Rauner Administration Hampering Inquiry into State’s Botched Response At an editorial board meeting with Crain’s Chicago Business today, Governor Bruce Rauner said he would not have done anything different in response to the Quincy Veterans’ Home scandal. Over three years, 13 people died at Quincy from Legionnaires’ disease in the water system. A major investigation…

Rauner Administration Hampering Inquiry into Legionnaires’ Outbreak Response

Rauner Admin Delaying, Denying Requests for Public Records about State’s Botched Response Today, Governor Bruce Rauner’s administration appeared before a legislative body investigating the state’s botched response to an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at a state-run veterans’ home in Quincy. Over three years, 13 people died. At a hearing last month, lawmakers asked the administration…

Rauner Refuses to Criticize Trump Policies that Target Illinoisans

At a Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board meeting yesterday, Governor Bruce Rauner once again showed Illinois voters he will not stand up to President Trump and his policies. Rauner told the board that his “biggest concern” with Trump was the “the rhetoric, the tone, the words.” Not the policies. Rauner’s statement rings true – he has either been…

Incumbent Governor Rauner Forced to Turn Attention to Republican Primary

Nation’s Most Vulnerable Incumbent Begins Running Ads Against Primary Opponent after Failing to Avoid Serious Challenge It was never supposed to get this far. Today, news broke that Governor Bruce Rauner will air an attack ad against his primary opponent, State Representative Jeanne Ives. Rauner tops most national lists as the “most vulnerable incumbent” running for reelection,…

Rauner Doubling-Down on Dishonesty as Blind Trust Scandal Grows

PolitiFact: “False” For Rauner To Claim He Was Not Conducting Personal Business Governor Bruce Rauner is still reeling from the scandal surrounding his not-so-blind trust, and judging by an interview he gave on Friday, he seems intent to lie his way out of it. The Associated Press reported that Rauner held at least one meeting with former business associate…

Rauner’s Groundhog Day: New “Pants on Fire” Rating for Balanced Budget Claim

Rauner, Who Repeatedly Lied about His Grandparents Being Immigrants, Dinged Again by PolitiFact Okay, campers, rise and shine. It’s Groundhog Day! And in the spirit of the holiday, Governor Bruce Rauner earned himself another “Pants on Fire” rating for telling his favorite lie – that he introduced a balanced budget as Governor. Rauner repeated this…

News Roundup: Rauner’s Calls for Bipartisanship and Budget Discipline “Ring Hollow” in SOTS

Republican Lawmaker Calls on Rauner to Resign Governor Bruce Rauner gave his annual State of the State yesterday. How was it received? Well, one member of his own party said Rauner should resign after it was over. So…not great. Others also had major problems with the speech, in which Rauner called on legislators to work in a…

Under Bruce Rauner’s Failed Leadership, The State of the State is Worse

The Democratic Governors Association, through its spokesman Sam Salustro, releases the following statement on Governor Bruce Rauner’s State of the State address: “The state of the state is worse under Bruce Rauner. While the Governor continues to pretend like he has not been in charge, voters will not forget how Rauner engaged in the worst…

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