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GOP Lawmaker – Bruce Rauner’s Re-Election in Trouble

Republican Lawmakers Says Rauner Has Been, and Will Continue To Be, Ineffective in Getting His Agenda Through How bad is it for Governor Bruce Rauner? In just over a month, Governor Rauner suffered an embarrassing budget defeat, dragged his office through an ideologically-drive staff purge, and now his veto of a school funding bill is…

Colyer’s New Top Staffer Admits His Boss Can’t Escape Brownback’s Shadow

Barker: It ‘Will Be Most Difficult for Colyer’ to Separate From Brownback Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer announced on Monday he would be appointing GOP executive director Clay Barker to be his special assistant, to help with his transition into the governor’s office. But before he started working for his new boss, Barker was pretty clear…

RGA Loses Top Recruit in CT-GOV

Senate Leader Len Fasano Rules Out A Run Today the RGA lost another top recruit, this time in Connecticut. Senate Republican leader Len Fasano announced that he would not enter the race for governor: Senate Republican leader Len Fasano of North Haven said Wednesday he will not join the crowded field of Republicans in the open…

Colyer Announces Campaign for Brownback’s Third Term

Brownback Clone Jeff Colyer Attempts to Continue Brownback’s Failed Economic Agenda Colyer’s ‘New Day For Kansas’ Looks A Lot Like the Last 7 Years Today, Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer officially announced his campaign to inflict 4 more years of Sam Brownback’s economic policies on the people of Kansas. Colyer was one of Brownback’s biggest boosters, loaning $1.5 million…

(VIDEO) Oops, He Did It Again – Bruce Rauner Gets Schooled by a Reporter for the Second Time in a Week

Last week, Governor Bruce Rauner stood in front of reporters and erroneously claimed that his amendatory veto of the state’s school funding formula (SB1) only required a simple majority instead of the needed two-thirds majority to uphold. Rauner was challenged by reporters on his facts, and all Rauner could do was stare at this final…

Rauner’s Changes to SB1 Linked to Extreme Right-Wing Illinois Policy Institute

New Provisions in Rauner’s Amendatory Veto Could Sink SB1 For weeks, many wondered how they would see the influence of Governor Bruce Rauner’s new Illinois Policy Institute staffers in his administration. There may now be an answer. While Rauner’s criticisms focused on the debunked idea that the state’s new school funding formula (SB1) “bails out” Chicago schools,…

Laxalt’s Economic Plan: Turn Nevada into New Mexico

Laxalt on Gov. Susana Martinez: ‘She’s Done a Great Job’ NM is 49th in Unemployment Rate, 50th in Education Nevada Republican Attorney General Adam Laxalt just gave Nevadans a preview of his gubernatorial campaign slogan: Turn Nevada into New Mexico. On the Dan Mason radio show Thursday, Laxalt was gushing about hosting New Mexico Governor…

Meet Knute Buehler – Ethically Challenged From the Start

Ethics Panel Unanimously Ruled OR-Gov Candidate Hid Payments Oregon state Rep. Knute Buehler enters the race for governor with a cloud of ethics concerns looming over his campaign. Most notably, Buehler was caught this year trying to hide a series of payments from Stryker Orthopedics and other medical companies on his personal financial disclosures. As…

Rauner Vetoed Education Funding Twice, Now Tries to Take Credit for Education Funding in Budget

Governor Bruce Rauner spent the last two days traveling the state trying to rationalize his veto of the state’s education funding formula, which leaves schools in funding limbo. Rauner is in a tough spot – having vetoed school funding he must try and make sure voters do not think he’s against education funding. Rauner tried…

Rauner Declines to Hold Trump Accountable on Health Care

Rauner’s Continues to do Nothing While Trump Administration Sabotages Families’ Health Care Since entering office, President Trump has actively worked to undermine the Affordable Care Act, leading to uncertainty in the markets and causing premiums to rise. This past Wednesday on WGN radio, Governor Bruce Rauner was asked if he blamed the Trump administration for…

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