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'I'd be surprised if it were not pay-to-play,' radio host says of Pritzker-Blagojevich connection

By Caitlin Nordahl | Sep 14, 2017

"Connected to Chicago" radio host Bill Cameron summed up his thinking about gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker's ties to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich in a recent WLS interview, according to the Illinois Republican Party.

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Latest laws take some pension pain from Illinois, policy analyst says

By Caitlin Nordahl | Sep 13, 2017

The budget package passed in July stands to exacerbate Illinois’ worst-in-the-country pension debts, but some lawmakers are fighting to make strides against future debt, according to Madeleine Doubek, policy director of the Better Government Association.

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Illinois education head Purvis joins Kern Family Foundation

By Caitlin Nordahl | Sep 12, 2017

Education Secretary Beth Purvis will leave the Rauner Administration on Friday to oversee educational philanthropy at the non-profit Kern Family Foundation in Wisconsin.

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Pritzker called a top-five contributor to Blagojevich

By Caitlin Nordahl | Sep 11, 2017

Billionaire and Democratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker donated more than $121,000 to Rod Blagojevich's political aspirations, making him the fifth-largest donor to the now-disgraced for governor, according to the Illinois Republican Party.

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Governors group cheers Rauner, tax credit scholarships

By Caitlin Nordahl | Sep 11, 2017

The Republican Governors Association (RGA) recently hailed Gov. Bruce Rauner for successfully negotiating conservative education reforms with Illinois’ Democratically controlled General Assembly.

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GOP triples down on Pritzker-Blagojevich connections

By Caitlin Nordahl | Sep 9, 2017

Three Chicago publications recently helped the Illinois Republican Party's ongoing efforts to show the connection between former Rod Blagojevich when he was governor and gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker.

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Rauner aims to take bite out of debt via $6 billion in bonds

By Caitlin Nordahl | Sep 8, 2017

Gov. Bruce Rauner will try to pay down some of Illinois' overwhelming pile of debt by issuing $6 billion in bonds, according to a press release.

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GOP offers chart to follow gubernatorial hopefuls' links to Madigan

By Caitlin Nordahl | Sep 7, 2017

The Illinois Republican Party has put out a "Tax Hike Team" chart showing Democratic gubernatorial candidates’ supposed connections to House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) as they begin to circulate their candidacy petitions.

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Chicago Tribune says new formula alleviates dead-end school dread

By Caitlin Nordahl | Sep 6, 2017

Illinois' most-read newspaper sees what some legislators refuse to, according to the Illinois Republican Party: The state's new education reform model gives schoolchildren a real chance to develop.

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No end in sight seen for tax-happy Illinois until taxpayers balk

By Caitlin Nordahl | Sep 6, 2017

Illinois raised state income taxes by 32 percent this summer, supposedly to pay down its vendor debt, yet that debt has only increased, providing further proof that taxes will keep going up until residents take a stand, according to Edgar County Watchdogs co-founder Kirk Allen.

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Rauner says school reform is what he's been fighting for

By Caitlin Nordahl | Sep 6, 2017

Gov. Bruce Rauner penned a column for the Daily Herald recently in which he described the recently enacted school funding reform as "the reason why I ran for governor in the first place.”

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State school money will finally go where it is most needed, Rauner says

By Caitlin Nordahl | Sep 4, 2017

The historic new Illinois school funding bill enacted on Thursday will give money to where it is most needed, nnot only to schools but also to low- and middle-income students who have been forced to attend underperforming schools, according to a press release from Gov. Bruce Rauner.

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Rauner earns Washington Post plaudits for school choice measure

By Caitlin Nordahl | Sep 3, 2017

Gov. Bruce Rauner held off signing Illinois' new school funding bill until "the good guys" got something they wanted, the Washington Post said in a recent editorial.

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Wall Street Journal cheers Rauner for tax credit scholarship program

By Caitlin Nordahl | Sep 1, 2017

The Wall Street Journal has praised Gov. Bruce Rauner’s efforts in the school funding reform debate that led to the introduction of a school choice program in the reform legislation, according to a recent release from the Illinois Republican Party.

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GOP praises compromise that led to end of school funding impasse

By Caitlin Nordahl | Aug 31, 2017

Illinois schools will soon receive state funding payments through a new evidence-based model thanks to a compromise bill that Gov. Bruce Rauner is expected to sign into law on Thursday, according to a release from the Illinois Republican Party.

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Analyst fears widespread repercussions from court-ordered tax to fund pensions in Harvey

By Caitlin Nordahl | Aug 26, 2017

An appellate court's decision to order the City of Harvey to levy a tax to supply its firefighters’ pension fund has set a frightening precedent, Wirepoints founder Mark Glennon contends.

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Ives: Schools can't be helped until property tax mess is fixed

By Caitlin Nordahl | Aug 25, 2017

While debate continues on how Illinois state school funding should be distributed, Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) is arguing that the system will never be fair until county property tax assessments are conducted on the mandated schedule, according to a press release.

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Morrison, watchdog group call Illinois lost in lawsuits, lack of reform

By Caitlin Nordahl | Aug 24, 2017

Illinois is backing itself into a corner by refusing to mirror the reforms sweeping other states, Rep. Tom Morrison (R-Palatine) and members of the Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch (I-LAW) said at a recent Palatine rally to spur legislation preventing frivolous lawsuits, according to a press release.

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Rauner defends school funding changes: Numbers don't lie

By Caitlin Nordahl | Aug 23, 2017

Gov. Bruce Rauner says partisan politics is no match for basic math when it comes to looking at the difference between his amended version of the state's public school funding bill and its original version.

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Two new ads push Rauner school plan as what 'our kids deserve'

By Caitlin Nordahl | Aug 19, 2017

Two ads pushing for Gov. Bruce Rauner's school funding plan have been added to the ammunition against approving a plan that provides extra benefits to Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to the detriment of all other public schools, Citizens for Rauner said in a press release announcing the ads.