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Rauner, other politicians, need to re-examine their 'sanctuary' views, Center of Immigration Studies fellow says
Dan Cadman's years of experience in the world of immigration law has left him with one, simple belief system. “If something bad can happen with illegal immigration, sooner or later it will,” Cadman, a fellow for the Center of Immigration Studies and a retired official with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), recently told the Prairie State Wire.
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Gov Rauner is abusing FOIA, keeping secrets
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s Office has a lengthy history of complete disregard for citizen and media access to public records of his office.
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Rauner state schools' chief calls for $1,500 per household tax hike
Governor Bruce Rauner's handpicked state schools superintendent is calling for a massive, $7.2 billion tax hike to fund higher school administrator and staff salaries.
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Ives takes aim at Rauner in latest campaign ad
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton), who is running against Gov. Bruce Rauner in the Republican primary, goes on the attack against her rival in a new “Ives: The Choice for Republican Voters In 2018” advertisement.
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State's tax-credit scholarship program off to a solid start, education advocate says
A tax-credit scholarship program enacted by Illinois lawmakers last summer to provide tuition to attend nonpublic schools has brought in more than $40 million, the director of an education advocacy group said during an interview last weekend.
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Rauner bucks national trend by extending costly welfare waiver for the able-bodied
Under Gov. Bruce Rauner, Illinois has again extended a welfare waiver covering able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) when other states, with their economies expanding, are reverting to the cost-saving reforms enacted in 1996 under then-President Bill Clinton.
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Analysis: Despite lower fees, Illinois ranks 13th among states with highest cost to start a business
Illinois state government lowered its fees for forming and maintaining Limited Liability Companies (LLCs). Setting up an LLC now costs $150, down from $500. And maintaining one costs $75, down from $250 per year.
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Ives: Lottery story further proof that political insiders, not Rauner, in charge in Springfield
State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) said that a news report of previously undisclosed relationships between Illinois Lottery and legislative staffers, and lobbyists representing the lottery’s new management firm, demonstrate how little control Gov. Bruce Rauner has over state government affairs.
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PILF spokesman says automatic voter registration policy isn't being looked at from all angles
Although Gov. Bruce Rauner’s approval of a bill in August to create an automatic voter registration program in Illinois was largely met with media praise, it stunned some critics – especially since he had vetoed a similar measure a year ago.
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From Madison Record
Judge who overturned Rauner 'fair share' executive order had worked as Madigan staffer in earlier days
Critics of policy decisions that prop up labor organizations at the expense of taxpayers have said it’s no mistake that some of the state's most consequential and political legal battles - contract negotiations, worker pay and union dues - have been filed in “union friendly” St. Clair County.
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From Madison Record
Kolker sides with state labor in vacating Rauner's nullification of 'fair share'
St. Clair County Associate Judge Chris Kolker has ruled that Gov. Bruce Rauner's executive order prohibiting the collection of union dues from non-union state workers violates collective bargaining agreements.
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After Legionnaires’ outbreak kills 13 in state-run veterans home, Rauner tries to deflect responsibility
State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) expressed outrage over a Dec. 20 WBEZ report that said state officials wanted to wait nearly a week before making the public aware of an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy.
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Little noticed 'racial bias' teacher training law seen as another unfunded mandate
Back in June, Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation, with no fanfare, that requires “implicit racial bias” training for public school teachers during in-service days.
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State's rollback on business fees hailed as pro-growth move
In a move Gov. Bruce Rauner claims will ease the regulatory burden on small businesses, he approved a bill on Dec. 20 that reduces the fees limited liability companies (LLCs) must pay to conduct business in the state.
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Ives outlines 'Benedict Rauner’s' top 10 betrayals
Jeanne Ives argues there’s really only one conclusion voters can derive from all of Gov. Bruce Rauner’s genuflecting. In a recent release, she offers up a list of what she calls Rauner's top 10 betrayals of 2017.
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Ives proposes constitutional amendment to address pension reform
State Rep. Jeanne Ives is calling for a constitutional amendment to help deal with Illinois’ spiraling pension reform crisis.
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State partners with Pepsi to design bicentennial soft drink can
As part of the yearlong celebration of Illinois’ bicentennial, the state has partnered with Pepsi MidAmerica to release a limited edition soft drink can commemorating the state’s birthday.
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Rauner joins farmers in Carmi to talk about industry advances, concerns
Gov. Bruce Rauner visited Big Prairie Farms in southeastern Illinois to hear from the state’s farmers about industry concerns, including how public policy impacts their business, according to a recent press release from the governor’s office.
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From Chicago City Wire
Ives calls report on deaths at veterans home 'sickening'
State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) is speaking out in the wake of a WBEZ report, "Surviving the War, But Not the Veterans Home," that uncovered that at least 13 residents of a west central Illinois veterans home have died from Legionnaires’ disease over the last two years.
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White House sides with Rauner in union fight
A 40-year-old policy requiring nonmembers of government employee unions to pay union agency fees may come to an end, as a lawsuit Gov. Bruce Rauner filed challenging the rule heads to the Supreme Court with the Trump administration's blessing.