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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…

Rauner Enters Labor Day by Siding with Corporations over Middle Class Illinoisans

Rauner Vetoes Bills to Close the Wage Gap and Protect Against Corporate Abuse While the state of Illinois braced to find out if schools would stay open this fall, Governor Bruce Rauner vetoed a number of bills designed to help protect working families from the abuses of corporations. That Rauner sided with corporate interests over…

Rauner Threatened Schools’ Financial Wellbeing for Political Gain

The DGA releases the following statement, attributable to Illinois Communications Director Sam Salustro, regarding Governor Bruce Rauner’s signing of the state’s new education funding formula: “Today’s bill signing should not overshadow the fact that Bruce Rauner threatened schools’ ability to stay open with his reckless amendatory veto and political games. During this entire process Governor…

Legislature Bails Rauner Out of His Manufactured School Funding Crisis

Rauner Cannot Help Himself – Takes Potshot at Final Agreement on Eve of Passage Today, the Illinois legislature passed a compromise education package bringing an end to another Governor Bruce Rauner manufactured crisis. One month ago, rather than finding compromise, Rauner confidently pushed Illinois into crisis with his amendatory veto of the state’s new education…

Rauner’s True Record on Immigration – Blocked Refugees, Cut Services and Protections

Rauner’s Public Waffling on Immigration Leaves No One Happy Today Governor Bruce Rauner signs the Trust Act, which he publicly waffled on for weeks. Despite telling advocates his office planned on signing the bill, Governor Rauner went on Fox News two weeks ago and refused to defend the bill in front of a national audience.…

Rauner’s Bizarre Day – Purges, Untruths, and Conspiracies

Rauner’s Failing Administration Begs the Comparison to Another Yesterday was a little weird for Governor Bruce Rauner. Reeling from his office’s inability to respond to a cartoon published by a close political ally, Bruce Rauner announced he was clearing house for the second time in as many months. Gone were four communications staffers all brought…

Rauner Dodges Responsibility for his Office’s Failures, Throws Staff Under Bus

Former Business Executive Shows No Leadership or Management Skills Late last night, four members of Governor Bruce Rauner’s communications staff were pushed out, as part of the fallout from the Illinois Policy Institute cartoon controversy. The Chicago Tribunereported Rauner claimed these staffers just were not a “good fit” in his organization. Later in the morning,…

Rauner’s Office in Disarray (Again) As He Struggles to Respond to a Cartoon

Prairie State Purge 2.0 – Rauner Fires Staff He Hired Just a Month Ago in Last Purge Rauner Fires Top Staff in the Middle of Major Education Funding Fight Last night, Governor Bruce Rauner commenced a staff purge targeting staffers he brought in just weeks ago, during his last purge. In early July, Bruce Rauner suffered an…

Just Who’s Flying This Plane Anyway?!?

Unanswered Questions from Rauner’s Dueling Statements Like – “Who’s Getting Fired?” As the Illinois Policy Institute cartoon story officially enters its second week, Governor Bruce Rauner (and his staff) spent yesterday issuing and re-issuing statements about the cartoon. While Rauner claims his second statement “did not accurately reflect his views” (a stunning admission), he does…

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