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Democratic Governors Association Launches Website for Rauner’s Broken Record Tour

Website Launch Coincides with Day of Stops in Springfield and Carbondale Today, the DGA launches the Rauner’s Broken Record website to accompany the group’s statewide tour. The tour makes stops today in Springfield and Carbondale and will feature Illinois voters speaking about how Rauner’s failed leadership has negatively impacted their communities. Rauner promised his business…

Democratic Governors Association Launches Rauner’s Broken Record Tour

As Rauner Preps for Re-Election, Illinoisans are Speaking Out Against Four More Years of Failed Leadership On Tuesday in Springfield, the Democratic Governors Association will launch the “Rauner’s Broken Record Tour,” to focus on the Illinoisans who have been hurt by Gov. Bruce Rauner’s record as governor. The tour will focus on Rauner’s failures as governor as he…

Rauner’s Record: Holding Back Illinois’ Future by Starving Higher Education

Under Rauner, Enrollment and Jobs at Illinois’ Institutions Dropped while Tuition Rose WNIJ/WNIU reports that, while in Asia, Rauner is promoting the “state’s universities and transportation infrastructure in hopes of attracting businesses.” In what is awkward timing for Bruce Rauner, a newly released report details the damage that Rauner has done to the state’s higher…

Rauner Hires Crisis Communications Manager: A Review of Where Rauner Went Wrong

But Will Rauner Listen? Yesterday, Tina Sfondeles of the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Governor Bruce Rauner brought in Hud Englehart, a PR and crisis communications expert, to lead “communications strategy development” in his office. In a 2016 article, Englehart laid out five general practices for crisis communications – there seems to be a lot for Rauner to learn. Hud…

Rauner’s Record: Leaving Illinois with a Bigger Fiscal Mess Than He Inherited

Rauner Ran as a Business Executive Then Irresponsibly Kept the State Without a Budget This week Governor Bruce Rauner travels to Asia to sell foreign investors on Illinois, and according to an interview with WBEZ’s Tony Arnold, apparently cannot stop bad mouthing Illinois to foreign investors. Rauner loves to spread the blame for Illinois’ failures, he…

Rauner’s Record: Slowed Economic Growth, Worst Job Growth in the Region

Rauner’s Failed Policies Drove Up Debt, and Drove Out People and Jobs This week, Governor Bruce Rauner travels to Asia to sell foreign investors on Illinois, a state he loves to bash at home. While he’s abroad trying to sell Illinois, let’s look at the mess he left behind. Bruce Rauner campaigned on the theory…

DGA Calls on Bruce Rauner to Address Brewing Controversy of Misconduct in His Office

Public Deserves Answers from Rauner on Dismissal of Former General Counsel On Tuesday, Natasha Korecki of Politico Illinois reported on disturbing allegations about how Governor Bruce Rauner runs his office. Korecki reported that Rauner’s ex-General Counsel Dennis Murashko had penned a memo “raising the question of whether the administration was properly keeping politics out of the office.”…

Throwback Thursday (Video): Rauner Used to Voice Support for Dream Act – Now is Silent

Does Governor Rauner Still Support the Policies of Candidate Rauner? Yesterday, Governor Bruce Rauner offered a weak response to President Donald Trump’s decision to end DACA without a replacement. Trump’s move leaves over 40,000 Dreamers in Illinois in limbo. At a press conference, Rauner rejected the idea of a state law giving Dreamers access to…

Flashback: Rauner Vetoed Needed Drug Treatment Funding

Opioid Deaths Rise 56% Under Bruce Rauner as Budget Impasse Leads to Less Service While Governor Bruce Rauner today signs an Executive Order to fight opioid addiction in Illinois, he cannot escape his own history on the issue. In 2015, Governor Rauner vetoed needed drug-treatment funding from an anti-heroin measure, something the Chicago Daily Herald…

Will Rauner Finally Stand up to President Trump?

Rauner Still Silent on President Trump’s Decision to End DACA Today, the Trump administration announced the end of the DACA program that shields Dreamers from deportation. There are over 40,000 Dreamers in Illinois, according to the Illinois Business Immigration Coalition. As of yet, Governor Rauner has not spoken out against President Trump’s plans. The Associated…

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