Articles filed under J.B. Pritzker
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Metra's threat of service cuts fails to grab state's attentionOct 16, 2018 7:37 am - Two separate but related transportation news stories surfaced back-to-back last week. On Tuesday, Metra released the proposed 2019 budget with no fare increases but dir...
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Rauner jumps on Pritzker for hiring nonunion workers; labor leader unmovedOct 16, 2018 6:46 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner called Democratic rival J.B. Pritzker a "fraud" for using nonunion workers to renovate his Chicago home, although the Republican admitted to similar hi...
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Endorsement: Daily Herald backs Pritzker over Rauner for governorOct 30, 2018 10:25 am - A detailed assessment of state fiscal health was released this week by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Virginia, and Illinois' fiscal condition ranked ...
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Foxx asked to review Pritzker's taxes on toiletless mansion; he donated to her campaignOct 05, 2018 2:09 pm - The prosecutor Republicans want to investigate tax fraud allegations involving Democratic candidate for governor J.B. Pritzker received a campaign contribution from the ...
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Pritzker on hot seat over tax refund, while Rauner challenged on pollutionOct 04, 2018 1:28 pm - On one hand, a failure. On the other, a tax cheater. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic challenger J.B. Pritzker slung mud and tried to make it stick in the sec...
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Pritzker pays back tax breaks following report on toilet 'scheme'Oct 03, 2018 12:40 pm - While J.B. Pritzker is paying back $331,000 in property tax breaks after a report linking the Democratic candidate to a "scheme" to defraud Cook County, his campaign ins...
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Watchdog says Pritzker toilet removals were 'scheme to defraud'Oct 02, 2018 4:13 pm - Cook County's chief watchdog has concluded that more than $330,000 in property tax breaks and refunds that Democratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker received on o...
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Pritzker wants to root out 'corruption' at tollwayOct 01, 2018 5:58 am - Democratic candidate for governor J.B. Pritzker criticized political favoritism at the Illinois tollway and promised a clean slate if elected. "I have deep concerns abou...
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Pritzker: Expanding gambling for road funds worth a look, but mileage tax too experimentalSep 27, 2018 9:56 am - Expanding gambling in Illinois could help pay for roads and bridges, J.B. Pritzker told the Daily Herald editorial board, while distancing himself from a politically vol...
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'Liar,' 'failure,' 'phony': Going gets nasty with jabs in first gubernatorial debateSep 22, 2018 8:25 am - Sneers and jeers predominated Thursday in the first debate matchup with Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrat J.B. Pritzker. The two wealthy businessmen were joined ...