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Rauner Returning to Playbook with SB1 – Grandstand and Refuse to Compromise

Rauner’s Failed Leadership: Play Politics of Division and Push Unverifiable Math Rather than Working to Keep Schools Open Desperate for a win, Governor Bruce Rauner conducted a week-long media blitz full of grandstanding, division, and questionable arithmetic. At issue is SB1, which will rewrite the state’s education funding formula and which Rauner’s administration admits he…

Houses, Gift Cards, And Investigations: Rauner’s DCFS Scandal Deepens

Tribune Reports Rauner Had Findings of DCFS Investigation, But Still Asked Ex-Head Sheldon to Stay Today, the Chicago Tribune continued its investigation into the scandal-plagued tenure of George Sheldon at the Department of Children and Family Services. Sheldon resigned amidst investigations into his management of DCFS, and the agency’s handling of Semaj Crosby’s tragic death.…

DGA Files Public Records Request Seeking Information about Rauner’s Staff Turnover

Rauner’s Controversial Hires Calls onto Question how the Governor is Running his Office Today, the Democratic Governors Association sent a public information request for emails and communications from Governor Rauner’s office pertaining to the emerging scandal around recent hires into the Governor’s office. In a FOIA request filed today, the DGA is seeking any communications in…

Chaos Continues: Rauner’s Office New Hire Compared Abortion to Nazi Germany

Rauner Needs to Explain What’s Going on in the Governor’s Office In a rush to replace 21 staffers that either resigned or were fired in the past two weeks, the Governor’s office hired two people whose offensive backgrounds immediately became problematic for Bruce Rauner. The headlines: Politico Headline: “Rauner fires staffer with history of homophobic…

Rauner Breaks Silence on Trumpcare to Falsely Claim How Public He’s Been on Trumpcare

Rauner Has Stayed Silent for Months as Republicans Worked to Drive-Up Health Care Costs and Strip Away Protections While signing Charlie’s law today, Bruce Rauner was asked about his near complete silence on Republican efforts to pass Trumpcare. In response, Rauner claimed he spoke up about Medicaid provisions – “These changes can be very damaging…

MEMORANDUM: Rauner Doubling-Down on the Same Failed Tactics with Staff Shakeup

Over the past week, Bruce Rauner dragged his staff through a seismic overhaul of his staff, replacing seasoned policy professionals with right-wing ideologues from the conservative fringe Illinois Policy Institute. Rather than a true operational shakeup, this represents a doubling-down by Rauner on policy and strategy. Rauner is committing himself to the same style of…

Rauner Keeps Playing Games with Illinois Schools

Rauner Keeps Looking to Score Political Points at the Expense of Children’s Education Two weeks ago, Governor Rauner vetoed a bipartisan state budget, which included education funding, that would have ended the state’s two-year budget impasse. Then, Rauner called on legislators to sustain his veto even though it threatened to keep schools from opening in…

Rauner’s New Right-Wing Staff Not as Silent as the Governor on Health Care

Will Rauner’s Right-Wing Reset Include Siding with IPI, and Calling for Ending ACA’s Expansion? This morning, the Senate Republicans released their newest version of Trumpcare, and will look to vote on the measure in the coming days. Last time the Senate offered legislation it failed in part due to pressure from Republican and Democratic Governors…not…

News Roundup: Rauner’s Right-Wing Reset

Rauner’s New Staff Signals Conservative, Combative Office In the wake of his bipartisan budget defeat, Governor Bruce Rauner is on Day 3 of a total Right-Wing Reset. On Monday, Rauner’s office announced it was bringing in a new Chief of Staff from the far-right, Koch Brothers-affiliated Illinois Policy Institute. Yesterday more staffers either departed or…

DGA Statement on Rauner’s Decision to Surround Himself with Right-Wing Illinois Policy Institute Staffers

The Democratic Governors Association releases the following statement, attributable to Illinois Communications Director Sam Salustro, regarding the news that Governor Rauner spent most of Tuesday firing old staff and hiring right-wing Illinois Policy Institute staffers into his administration: “Bruce Rauner’s operation is in chaos. Fresh off a stunning bipartisan rebuke of his uncompromising policies, Rauner has turned inward, firing…

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