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Ives Blasts Rauner Admin’s Attempt to Shift Blame for Deadly Quincy Legionnaires’ Outbreak

Watch Ives on CLTV State Representative and veteran Jeanne Ives went on CLTV to blast Governor Bruce Rauner’s continued mismanagement of the state-run Quincy Veterans Home, where 13 people died from repeated Legionnaires’ outbreaks. Two-and-a-half years after the initial outbreak, the Rauner administration finally presented a plan to rebuild the home, but Ives took Rauner to task…

ILGOP Feud Continues – Ives Says Rauner “Never Actually Heard the Message that Was Sent to Him”

While Governor Bruce Rauner claims he’s “unifying” Republicans, state Representative Jeanne Ives blasted the Governor’s lack of rapprochement with the 48% of Republicans that supported her in the primary. Ives went on CLTV and reiterated that they still, a month and a half later, have not spoken: Reporter: “The Governor says everything is fine between you and him. Let me…

Pawlenty Decries High Premiums, Forgets He Supported Tax Bill That is Causing Them

Pawlenty Supported GOP Tax Bill That is Jacking Up Premiums Yesterday, Tim Pawlenty took to twitter to lament rising healthcare premiums as a “big burden” for Minnesota families. And while rising health care costs are a huge problem, it’s hard to take Pawlenty’s concern seriously when he also threw his support behind the GOP tax…

Roundup: Ducey’s Education Plan “100 Percent Bull”

Latest News May 07, 2018

Roundup: Ducey’s Education Plan “100 Percent Bull”

Star Editorial: “The Legislature Did Not Fix The Structural Problems With Education Funding In Arizona.” Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey wants voters to think his teacher pay scandal is in the rear view mirror, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Ducey’s so-called 20 percent pay raise plan isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.…

ICYMI: New Al Hunt Column Highlights Reynolds’ Vulnerability in Iowa

Latest News May 07, 2018

ICYMI: New Al Hunt Column Highlights Reynolds’ Vulnerability in Iowa

In a new column for Bloomberg, Al Hunt highlights Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds’ vulnerability as she faces her first top-of-the-ticket election contest in 2018. See below for excerpts from the column, or read online HERE Iowa Is a Crucial Test for Any Blue Wave A swing state has moved right in the last four years. Will…

MEMORANDUM: Mary Taylor and Mike DeWine Slug It Out Heading Into Election Day

Latest News May 07, 2018

MEMORANDUM: Mary Taylor and Mike DeWine Slug It Out Heading Into Election Day

MEMORANDUM TO: Interested Parties FROM: David Turner, DGA Deputy Communications Director RE: Mary Taylor and Mike DeWine Slug It Out Heading Into Election Day Mike DeWine and Mary Taylor are the latest Republican hopefuls to run a nasty primary focused on who has gratuitously praised Donald Trump the most. In fact, if you didn’t know…

Day 47: Rauner’s Ives Problem Re-Emerges as She Formally Backs Anti-Rauner Party Chairman

Latest News May 07, 2018

Day 47: Rauner’s Ives Problem Re-Emerges as She Formally Backs Anti-Rauner Party Chairman

Governor Bruce Rauner’s struggling reelection campaign got more bad news this weekend as state Representative Jeanne Ives announced she would back the effort to take down Rauner’s handpicked party chairman. The Illinois GOP Party Chairman election has turned into an ugly affair and threatens to enflame the party’s open wounds. Rauner recently told a radio station he was “unifying…

Fed Study: Hogan’s Maryland is the Only State in USA with Declining Economy Over Next 6 Mos

Latest News May 07, 2018

Fed Study: Hogan’s Maryland is the Only State in USA with Declining Economy Over Next 6 Mos

A new report out from Market Watch citing data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia shows Governor Larry Hogan’s Maryland as the only state in the country that will see “economic activity deteriorate in the next six months.” “It’s no surprise that Maryland’s economy is slumping under Governor Larry Hogan,” said DGA Communications Director Jared Leopold. “He failed to…

Has Rauner Read Eight Word-Long Senger Email?

Latest News May 07, 2018

Has Rauner Read Eight Word-Long Senger Email?

Rauner Brings Back IPI Cartoon Strategy in Senger Email Defense With Bruce Rauner’s administration once again in turmoil, the failed governor is bringing back a familiar strategy: claiming ignorance and refusing to comment. Eight months ago, Rauner claimed he hadn’t seen a controversial cartoon printed by his former Illinois Policy Institute allies. The ensuing fiasco led to…

Embarrassing: Pawlenty’s Former LG Endorses His Primary Opponent

Molnau Calls Johnson the “Most Electable” Candidate You won’t be seeing a recreation of this picture anytime soon: Today, Carol Molnau, Tim Pawlenty’s former Lieutenant Governor, endorsed Pawlenty’s primary opponent Jeff Johnson: “Former Lt. Gov. Carol Molnau, who served two terms with Pawlenty, said Friday she supports Johnson over her old boss in the Minnesota…

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Ives Blasts Rauner Admin’s Attempt to Shift Blame for Deadly Quincy Legionnaires’ Outbreak

ILGOP Feud Continues – Ives Says Rauner “Never Actually Heard the Message that Was Sent to Him”

Pawlenty Decries High Premiums, Forgets He Supported Tax Bill That is Causing Them

Roundup: Ducey’s Education Plan “100 Percent Bull”

ICYMI: New Al Hunt Column Highlights Reynolds’ Vulnerability in Iowa

MEMORANDUM: Mary Taylor and Mike DeWine Slug It Out Heading Into Election Day

Day 47: Rauner’s Ives Problem Re-Emerges as She Formally Backs Anti-Rauner Party Chairman

Fed Study: Hogan’s Maryland is the Only State in USA with Declining Economy Over Next 6 Mos

Has Rauner Read Eight Word-Long Senger Email?

Embarrassing: Pawlenty’s Former LG Endorses His Primary Opponent