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Governor-elect visits suburbs during statewide day of service
Jan 12, 2019 7:48 PM - Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker helped serve meals to senior citizens in Aurora Saturday evening as part of his pre-inauguration day of service. -
McConnaughay told Rauner he couldn't pick his own replacement on ballot
Dec 14, 2018 5:45 PM - Former Republican state Sen. Karen McConnaughay said she told outgoing Gov. Bruce Rauner that he couldn't just choose his replacement on the ballot when he tried to recruit her and three others to run after winning the GOP primary. -
What Pritzker's minimum wage increase plan could mean for the suburbs
Nov 26, 2018 10:28 AM - Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker wants to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Here's what that could mean for suburban residents. -
Suburbs help push Pritzker to victory
Nov 7, 2018 12:46 AM - Suburban voters -- a crucial block for first-time Gov. Bruce Rauner four years ago -- helped catapult political rookie and Democrat J.B. Pritzker into office Tuesday. -
Images: Pritzker, Underwood, and Casten claim victory
Nov 6, 2018 11:31 PM - See photos from Tuesday's election including the Illinois governor's race, the 6th Congressional race and the 14th Congressional race. -
Pritzker elected Illinois governor over GOP incumbent Rauner
Nov 6, 2018 10:59 PM - Democrat J.B. Pritzker, a billionaire who campaigned on moving Illinois past the political bitterness of the past four years, was elected governor Tuesday over Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, declaring, "We make no small plans."
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How Pritzker, Rauner campaign workers are sizing up the suburban vote
Nov 3, 2018 5:46 PM - Suburban Democrats and Republicans handicap the governor's race with two days to go. Gov. Bruce Rauner can win if Republicans head to the polls, thinks one GOP strategist, but local Dems think J.B. Pritzker will surf in on a blue wave. -
How would a graduated income tax work in Illinois? Here's how three nearby states do it
Nov 2, 2018 5:38 PM - The gubernatorial candidates' diverging views on flat versus progressive income taxes have generated rancor and insults but few details on what a fundamental shift in Illinois' system would mean. Here's how it works in three nearby states. -
Accusations fly as residents near Sterigenics fear chemical exposure
Oct 26, 2018 6:25 PM - As emotional residents described fears about cancer at a hearing Friday, questions remain about emissions from the Sterigenics plant in Willowbrook The controversy is resonating in the gubernatorial election. -
Pritzker, Rauner split on free full-day kindergarten, and so are suburban schools
Oct 22, 2018 1:31 PM - As the suburbs remain split among free public full-day kindergarten, tuition-based full-day kindergarten and half-day kindergarten, candidates for Illinois governor are divided on the issue. Democrat J.B. Pritzker said it's "almost embarrassing" Illinois lacks free full-day kindergarten, and Republican Bruce Rauner said local school districts should decide.
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