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Morgan & Fung Silent on Sexual Harassment

GOP Candidates Refuse to Call on Republican Leader Accused of Sexual Harassment to Step Down Republican gubernatorial candidates Patricia Morgan and Allan Fung refuse to call for the resignation of a leading Rhode Island Republican accused of sexual harassment. Multiple complaints of sexual harassment have emerged against Rob Sullivan, president of the Rhode Island Young Republicans,…

Another Republican Governor Playing Defense as Democrats Expand the 2018 Map

Nebraska State Senator Announces Democratic Challenge to Governor and RGA Vice Chair Pete Ricketts Republicans will be playing defense in one more state this year as Nebraska State Senator Bob Krist announced a challenge to Governor Pete Ricketts, whose fiscal mismanagement led to a $137 million shortfall and tens of millions of dollars in proposed…

Rauner Continues to Stonewall about Quincy Outbreak as More Fall Sick from Legionnaires’

Today, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced that two more people tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease at the Quincy Veterans’ Home. Just days ago, Governor Bruce Rauner told two different editorial boards that he “would not do anything different” in the aftermath of a Legionnaires’ outbreak that killed 12 in 2015. A WBEZ investigative report raised questions about how Rauner’s administration…

Royal Rumble In Ohio GOP Primary

Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor Torches Republican “Coronation,” “Good-old-boy Bullying” The Ohio Republican primary is getting nasty, as the GOP establishment put its thumb on the scale over the weekend for Mike DeWine and Jon Husted giving them the official endorsement of the party. Not surprisingly, DeWine’s primary opponent, Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor, lit into the…

Dem Govs React to Trump’s Underfunded Infrastructure Plan

‘His plan would essentially throw states a few Legos when what we really need is concrete and steel.’ Today, Democratic governors reacted to President Donald Trump’s infrastructure plan, which expects states and unnamed private partners to put forward more than 85 percent of the $1.5 trillion in funding. “His plan would essentially throw states a few Legos…

Only Rauner Believes He Proposed Balanced Budgets

This week, Governor Bruce Rauner is set to present what he promises will be a balanced budget, something he has never done while in office. Despite this verified fact, Rauner has repeatedly claimed he proposed a balanced budget each year and that his budgets were ignored by Democrats. He’s recently claimed he could not remember last year’s…

VIDEO: DGA Releases New Video Highlighting Pawlenty’s Failed Record As Governor

Today, the DGA released a new video titled “Tim’s Mess,” highlighting the mess Tim Pawlenty made of Minnesota during his tenure as governor. Whether it was on health care, the budget, or jobs, Tim Pawlenty failed to live up to his promises and left Minnesota broke and worse off. The facts speak for themselves. Under…

VIDEO: Rauner Doubles-Down on Self-Praise for State’s Handling of Quincy Legionnaires’ Outbreak

Rauner Now Accusing Quincy Home Workers of Spreading False Information (Watch Here) In an appearance before the Herald & Review editorial board, Bruce Rauner stood by statements he made yesterday regarding the state’s response to Legionnaires’ outbreaks at the state-run Quincy Veterans’ home. A major investigation by WBEZ raised serious questions about the state’s response to the outbreaks that…

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…

CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Steve Pearce Admits He is More Extreme than Trump on DACA

Steve Pearce was caught on video earlier this week admitting that his position on New Mexico’s Dreamers is to the right of President Trump. During a speech to students on Monday at Western New Mexico University, Pearce answered a question about Dreamers by saying, “We’re also not gonna give citizenship, so I fall short of that. The…

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