Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner
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Recent News About Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner
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Ives calls for repeal of Trust Act
Days after formally launching her Republican campaign for governor, state Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) is calling for repeal of the Trust Act signed into law by Gov. Bruce Rauner.
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2017 year in review
With the New Year about a week away, it's time to reflect on the rough-and-tumble time that was 2017 and project forward into the uncertainty of 2018. From struggles in the state General Assembly over the budget and sexual harassment, to Gov. Bruce Rauner's swings to the left to Lisa Madigan's unexplained decision to not seek another term as Illinois attorney general and other news items that made for an interesting year, here's our 2017 in review.
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Equality Illinois quiet on support for key Republicans who backed transgender birth certificate law
Equality Illinois, a Chicago-based statewide group representing the LGBTQ community that lobbied hard for passage of the new state law that makes it easier for transgender individuals to change the sex designation on their birth certificates, did not return repeated phone calls and email requests from Prairie State Wire on whether the group would endorse the re-election bids of Gov. Bruce Rauner and House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs), both of whom backed the bill.
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Victim advocate group founder supporting Ives' effort to repeal sanctuary law
Brian McCann says the shooting death of 32-year-old Kate Steinle by an illegal immigrant in 2015 in San Francisco, a sanctuary city, is not an “outlier case.”
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Ives cites Steinle case in criticizing Rauner for signing sanctuary state bill
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton), who has filed to run for governor in the GOP primary, recently criticized Gov. Bruce Rauner and sanctuary city legislation in a statement spurred by the verdict in the Kate Steinle murder trial.
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Marijuana industry opponent has message for Democrat governor hopefuls who support pot's legalization
Illinois Democrat gubernatorial hopefuls' support for legal marijuana is effectively inviting the industry dubbed Big Tobacco 2.0 into the state, the founder of a marijuana industry pushback group said during a recent interview.
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Rauner's record a trail of failed promises, Ives says
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) senses one of the keys to taking down Gov. Bruce Rauner in the 2018 Republican primary lies in reminding voters just how little they really seem to know about him. “You look at his record and what he said on the campaign trail when we all helped to elect him,” Ives said during a recent appearance on “Chicago's Morning Answer” radio show on WIND.
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State's helpline to aid those impacted by opioid epidemic
1-833-2FINDHELP is the state's helpline number opioid-addicted residents can call for immediate help.
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Rauner's action invited Ives’ challenge, conservative magazine says
State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) made it official on Monday that she is challenging incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner in the Republican primary. After three years in office, Rauner nearly went out of his way to invite the challenge, according to a cover story for the Dec. 18 edition of the nation’s leading conservative magazine, National Review.
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Ives cites acquittal in San Francisco murder case in slamming Rauner’s signing of sanctuary bill
State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) said the acquittal last week in San Francisco of an illegal immigrant of murder shows how Gov. Bruce Rauner betrayed Illinoisans when, in August, he signed a statewide sanctuary bill into law.
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'Our Home Our Fight' campaign website outlines Rauner's agenda for second term
A new website launched in by Citizens for Rauner, OurHomeOurFight.com, showcases Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's agenda for his second term in office, which he plans to win in next year's election.
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Rauner applauds lawmakers' efforts to curb sexual harassment
Gov. Bruce Rauner recently applauded the General Assembly for passing legislation to address mounting concerns over sexual harassment and the handling of sexual harassment complaints in Springfield, a release from his office said.
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Questions raised by items in Rauner campaign filings
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s campaign filings show that the campaign has returned more than $50,000 to the state of Illinois over the past three years, according to an analysis by a citizen government oversight group, raising questions about where the funds came from.
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Property owners affected by July floods now eligible for tax credit
Residents of counties declared state disaster areas because of July’s severe flooding are now able to claim a tax credit of up to $750 after Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation that aims to help those affected by the storms recover.
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Ives collects nearly 13,000 signature to challenge Gov. Bruce Rauner.
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) is aiming for Gov. Bruce Rauner as she announced her plans to file as a candidate for governor in the 2018 Republican Primary.
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Rauner pulls out as speaker at free market policy seminar
Gov. Bruce Rauner appears to have abandoned any hope of salvaging support from Illinois conservatives during the course of his re-election bid.
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Rauner signs law expanding investigative period for sexual harassment complaints
Gov. Bruce Rauner encouraged the General Assembly to take concrete steps to eliminate sexual harassment in the State Capitol as he signed House Bill 137, which will allow the legislative inspector general to investigate complaints past a one-year statute of limitation, a release from Rauner's office said.
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Firm with ties to Rauner's office lands $12M no-bid Medicaid deal
A consulting firm with direct ties to senior staffers in the office of Gov. Bruce Rauner has been awarded a $12.8 million Medicaid system contract without so much as putting up a bid.
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Rauner sign off on tax credit to aid flood victims
Despite the state's debt, Gov. Bruce Rauner recently signed a tax credit bill to aid residents and businesses who suffered severe 2017 flood damage that will cost Illinois approximately $4.5 million.
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Illinois Emergency Management Agency has a new director
Gov. Bruce Rauner recently named Illinois Emergency Management Agency Deputy Director Joseph Klinger to take the agency’s reins from IEMA Director James Joseph joining the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).