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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…

Rauner “Crushed” In Editorial Board Debate with Primary Opponent

Irony Alert: Opponent Now Funded by Mega-Donor Rauner Earlier Refused to Dump What a terrible day Governor Bruce Rauner had yesterday. Rauner faced off against his primary opponent, State Representative Jeanne Ives, at a Chicago Tribune Editorial Board debate and he did not handle it well. Conservative Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass wrote Rauner got…

Drip, Drip, Drip: New Revelations into Rauner’s “Blind Trust” Problem

Rauner Has Not Taken Questions Since Bombshell Report Four Days Ago Governor Bruce Rauner is in trouble and he knows it. Four days ago, the unsealing of a court case immediately led to questions about the nature of Rauner’s not-so blind trust. The court case alleges Rauner twice met with a business partner and received…

New Ethics Scandal for Rauner: Suit Over $15 Million Profit Raises Questions About ‘Blind Trust’

Rauner Met with Business Associate on Governor’s Mansion Back Porch, Discussed Investment Already the nation’s “most vulnerable incumbent,” Governor Bruce Rauner faces a new ethics scandal over a $15 million profit, a not-so-blind trust, and the back porch of the Governor’s Mansion. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Rauner was taken to court by a former…

Rauner’s Team Calls Horrible Jobs Report “Good News”

Illinois Was Worst Among Neighbors Over Past Year, Grew Jobs at a Third of the National Rate Governor Bruce Rauner is desperate for any good news to help his failing reelection campaign. On Friday, the Illinois Department of Employment Security announced Illinois only grew 29,600 jobs over the past year, an annual job growth rate of…

Rauner Comes Out for Trump’s Tax Plan, Again

Despite “Punishing” Effect Tax Plan Will Have on IL Families, Rauner “Lauded” It on State Website Governor Bruce Rauner spent the last two months quietly supporting President Trump’s tax plan and, on Friday, he jumped in with both feet. Rauner’s administration published a new blog that “lauded,” in the words of the Chicago Tribune, the…

The Rauner Reelection Record: Illinois Records Worst Two Years in Job Growth This Decade

Job Growth Rate Has Been Cut in One-Third Since 2014 Another year is in the books, and Governor Bruce Rauner is still failing to create jobs. The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced today that Illinois only grew 29,600 jobs in the past year, which makes 2017 the second worst year for job creation in…

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