Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner
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Recent News About Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner
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Rauner calls Charlottesville violence 'act of domestic terrorism'
Gov. Bruce Rauner condemned the violence that left one person dead and several injured at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday.
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Illinois government consolidation acts good but not enough, Rauner says
Illinois municipal governments will have an easier time of consolidating thanks to two bills recently signed into law by Gov. Bruce Rauner.
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Education board analysis shows widespread benefit of Rauner's school funding changes
Nearly every public school in Illinois would receive more state money under Gov. Bruce Rauner's amended version of Senate Bill 1 than via the formula in the bill's original form, the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has determined.
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Senate overrides Rauner's amendatory veto of school funding bill
Senate Democrats voted on Sunday to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s amendatory veto of the state's school funding bill despite opposition from Republicans and Rauner, who urged Senators to either pass the bill as amended or present viable alternatives.
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Illinois state workers will put on cyber sleuthing hats under new law
Gov. Bruce Rauner is calling on all state employees to do their part in protecting Illinois from cyber attacks, according to a recent press release.
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Rauner takes his school funding case to newspaper boards
Gov. Bruce Rauner called for backup on his amendatory veto of the state's K-12 funding bill, enlisting the help of some Illinois newspaper editorial boards recently, according to a press release.
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Rauner order meant to end 'parochial' approach to administrative hearings
Gov. Bruce Rauner recently signed an executive order meant to streamline administrative hearings in an effort to improve efficiency and cut down on case backlogs, according to a release from Rauner's office.
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Rauner lists problems new state budget presents
Gov. Bruce Rauner wants Illinoisans to know how the state budget that lived through his veto attempt fails them.
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Rauner strips CPS additions from school funding bill with amendatory veto
As expected, Gov. Bruce Rauner has issued an amendatory veto on Senate Bill 1, the education funding bill that was held in the Senate since the end of May and sent to his desk on Monday.
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Rauner eases tax filing stress of Illinois flood victims
Residents of Cook, Kane, Lake and McHenry counties don't have to stress about having their taxes done on time on top of the flooding difficulties they've already faced recently, according to a press release from Gov. Bruce Rauner's office.
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Rauner, GOP accuse Democrats of ditching schools
Gov. Bruce Rauner told Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) and House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) to get back in their seats and finish their school work on Thursday.
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Rauner demands end to 'outrageous' hold on school funding bill
Gov. Bruce Rauner admonished Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) and the Democratic majority on Wednesday for withholding the education funding bill.
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Diana Rauner calls education governor's greatest motivator
Gov. Bruce Rauner has brought a new weapon into his legislative battles: his wife.
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Rauner calls special session on public school funding
Gov. Bruce Rauner wants legislators back in the Capitol to make sure schoolchildren can get back in school this fall.
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Rauner changes communication staff as part of rebranding
Gov. Bruce Rauner added several key communication personnel to his team on Monday, further shaking up his staff following a major political defeat when the Illinois General Assembly overrode his vetoes on a budget and spending plan.
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Rauner shake-up follows in wake of perceived political defeat
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office has lost or terminated 21 staffers in the wake of the passage of a contentious budget plan and an unpopular tax hike on July 6, which many saw as a major political defeat for Rauner and many GOP lawmakers.