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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

Latest News Feb 09, 2018

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

Latest News Feb 09, 2018

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

Latest News Feb 09, 2018

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…

Fung And Morgan’s Silence Speaks Volumes on Offshore Drilling

Latest News Feb 09, 2018

Fung And Morgan’s Silence Speaks Volumes on Offshore Drilling

Over a month after President Trump moved to open up Rhode Island’s coastal waters to offshore drilling, Republican gubernatorial candidates Allan Fung and Patricia Morgan have remained conspicuously silent on this important issue. Their refusal to take a position stands in marked contrast to Governor Gina Raimondo who has led the way in speaking out against the…

ICYMI: Ohio GOP Primary Goes Nuclear

In a stunning announcement, Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor today told the Associated Press she will refuse to back Attorney General Mike DeWine should he become the nominee. Already, we’ve seen candidates sprint away from Governor Kasich and towards President Trump. Now it seems they are entering a demolition derby – with each other. Read more: AP: Mary Taylor says she wouldn’t…

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”…

ICYMI: “Kim Reynolds is Vulnerable in 2018”

A new column in the Des Moines Register about recent polling can’t be the headline Governor Reynolds was hoping to see today: “Gov. Kim Reynolds is vulnerable in 2018 despite many advantages.” See below for excerpts from Kathie Obradovich’s column or read it in its entirety online HERE Gov. Kim Reynolds is vulnerable. That’s a…

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Dem Govs React to Trump’s Underfunded Infrastructure Plan

Only Rauner Believes He Proposed Balanced Budgets

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

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

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

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

Fung And Morgan’s Silence Speaks Volumes on Offshore Drilling

ICYMI: Ohio GOP Primary Goes Nuclear

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

ICYMI: “Kim Reynolds is Vulnerable in 2018”