Gov. Rauner’s spending freeze results in ‘review’ of Quad City Amtrak project
Gov. Bruce Rauner's spending freeze resulted in the Illinois Department of Transportation reviewing plans to bring passenger trains to the Quad Cities. In May of 2014, Paul Rumler, executive director...
View ArticleThousands of Illinois residents could lose independent living services
Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposed budget would eliminate independent living services for thousands of Illinois residents, according to the Responsible Budget Coalition. The coalition, comprised of 200...
View ArticleNew local “paper” really a campaign mailer funded by Rauner PAC
At first glance, Rock Island Today newspaper looks like the real thing, albeit thin, a local weekly paper for local residents. But you'd better look again. Rock Island Today and its online version...
View ArticleRauner calls out Madigan and company for month long “vacation”
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner says Speaker Mike Madigan and other House Democrats have no business taking a month long break while the budget crisis in the state threatens social services and public...
View ArticleIllinois state worker’s union okays a strike
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - State workers in Illinois have authorized a strike. The state council of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees says 81 percent of its 38,000 members...
View ArticleRauner celebrates new Illinois school funding plan at charter school, drawing...
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois-- Governor Bruce Rauner (R-Illinois) is celebrating his state's new school funding plan, which the governor is expected to sign into law Thursday. Rauner kicked off a school tour...
View ArticleNew Illinois law creates tax credit for flooded properties
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed a tax credit into law worth up to $750 for property owners in 18 Illinois counties that suffered flood damages earlier this year. The legislation signed...
View ArticleSchool funding tops Illinois’ agenda for new legislative session
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois- The state house returns to the city for the start of the 2018 legislative session Tuesday, January 23, and school funding will be at the top of the agenda again. With the...
View ArticleIL Governor visits Rock Island school to promote new program helping to fund...
ROCK ISLAND, Illinois- Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner stopped by Jordan Catholic School in Rock Island on Feb. 2, 2018. to tout a program that is helping to fund private schools in the state. The...
View ArticlePritzker gets local Democratic endorsements
ROCK ISLAND, Illinois – Illinois gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker added some Rock Island County endorsements during a Quad City stop Thursday, February 22. State Representative Mike Halpin...
View ArticleCraft brewing industry growing in Illinois as beer made for the state’s...
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois – Governor Rauner and local officials gathered today in the state’s capital to unveil the first cans of a beer created to celebrate the state of Illinois’ 200th year. Hand of Fate...
View Article$230M Quincy residence hall key to remedy for Legionnaires
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration on Tuesday recommended starting fresh at the Quincy veterans' home beleaguered by Legionnaires' disease, calling for a state-of-the-art...
View ArticleRauner signs law reforming complaints of ethics, sexual harassment
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed into law an overhaul in the handling of ethics complaints against Illinois legislators and staff members. The Republican said on Friday that it’s a...
View ArticleJanus decision could prompt refund of ‘billions’ in forced union fees
Washington D.C. (Illinois News Network) – Another Illinois case dealing with mandatory union fees is getting the go-ahead for reconsideration from the U.S. Supreme Court, and it could mean a refund of...
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Illinois taxpayer-funded abortions increase at least 274 percent in first six...
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (Illinois News Network) — Illinois taxpayers paid for nearly four times more abortions in the first six months of 2018 than the year before, and one state lawmakers expects the...
View ArticleOne year after historic tax increase, Illinois remains in the red
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (Illinois News Network) — One year ago last Friday, lawmakers overrode Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto, passing a $36.5 billion budget that took an additional $5 billion from taxpayers...
View ArticleRauner signs “gun law”, visits Dixon police officer Mark Dallas
DIXON, Illinois - Governor Bruce Rauner signed a new "gun-law" into effect on July 16 and now heads to Dixon, Illinois for a conversation about public safety. The governor signed the so-called "red...
View ArticleINN investigation: Rockford schools pays more than $1 million in penalties...
In February, Rockford School District 205 Superintendent Ehren Jarrett told a local television station that Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposal to make local districts share more of their pension costs would...
View ArticleRauner signs laws aimed at nursing-home Medicaid backlog
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed laws designed to cut back on a growing and costly backlog in determining Medicaid eligibility for nursing home residents. The Republican signed...
View ArticlePolitically connected former state employees sue to get jobs back
SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) – A group of politically connected state employees are suing Gov. Bruce Rauner to get their jobs back after the governor had them fired. The eight employees were...
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