Articles filed under Governor
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Kennedy criticizes Pritzker tax breaks, says Rauner sabotaged state governmentJan 11, 2018 12:00 am - Democratic candidate for governor Chris Kennedy called rival J.B. Pritzker a “poster child” for hypocrisy exhibited by party leaders who game the property assessment sys...
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Divide Illinois into 3 or 4 states? Democrat running for governor says yesJan 10, 2018 12:00 am - Democratic candidate for governor Robert Marshall takes a conservative view of a graduated income tax, a liberal one on same-sex marriages and is an original on proposal...
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Biss: Illinois suffocating under too many pension systemsJan 09, 2018 12:00 am - Merging Illinois' more than 600 pension systems could reduce inefficiencies and save money, state Sen. Daniel Biss said Tuesday during an interview in which he also hint...
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Ives: I'm not going to lie to people about who I amDec 20, 2017 12:00 am - Although critical of same-sex marriages, gubernatorial hopeful and social conservative state Rep. Jeanne Ives said she wouldn't interfere with “adult consensual relation...
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Governor candidate Ives: 'Every school district should be a unit district'Dec 13, 2017 12:00 am - Small school districts with big budgets are sucking up taxes across Illinois and should be consolidated, Republican candidate for governor and state Rep. Jeanne Ives sai...
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Paterakis leaves governor race, says without money there's 'no path forward'Dec 04, 2017 12:00 am - Despite an early push that included participating in candidate debates, Long Grove engineer and Democrat Alex Paterakis pulled out of the gubernatorial primary Monday. "...
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With filing over, candidates start season to kick one another off ballotDec 04, 2017 12:00 am - The filing period to run for statewide office ended Monday and the next political blood sport — petition challenges — begins. While getting on the ballot is one thing, s...
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J.B. Pritzker: Experience solving problems and thinking bigNov 22, 2017 12:00 am - This is one of a seies of essays produced in response to an invitation from the Daily Herald on the topic, "Why I Should Be Illinois' Next Governor." The two Republi...
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Alexander Paterakis: Elite are keeping the state dividedNov 21, 2017 12:00 am - This is one of a seies of essays produced in response to an invitation from the Daily Herald on the topic, "Why I Should Be Illinois' Next Governor." The two Republi...
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Robert Marshall: People in middle are being ignoredNov 20, 2017 12:00 am - This is one of a seies of essays produced in response to an invitation from the Daily Herald on the topic, "Why I Should Be Illinois' Next Governor." The two Republi...