Articles filed under Governor
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Rauner rallies his base on Ives' home turf in DuPage CountyJan 22, 2018 12:00 am - With Republican challenger Jeanne Ives gaining traction, Gov. Bruce Rauner dropped into the GOP voter heartland of DuPage County Monday to pick up endorsements from lead...
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Democrats seeking governor's job to make their case Tuesday on TVJan 22, 2018 12:00 am - Voters can learn more about the six Democrats running for governor Tuesday evening in a televised forum. The hourlong program starts at 6 p.m. on NBC 5 and Telemundo Chi...
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Daiber: I'll be governor for all of Illinois, not just ChicagoJan 18, 2018 12:00 am - A downstate perspective could be the cure for Illinois' political and budget dysfunction, Bob Daiber, Madison County regional superintendent of schools, told the Daily H...
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Hardiman: Gun restrictions, no public funds for private schoolsJan 17, 2018 12:00 am - After talking down would-be killers in neighborhoods beset by gang violence, Democratic gubernatorial hopeful and activist Tio Hardiman says he's up for Illinois' budget...
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Pritzker floats idea for revamped gas tax, refutes Blagojevich tiesJan 12, 2018 12:00 am - Charging gas taxes based on how many miles people drive instead of how much fuel they burn could pump up revenues to help fix Illinois' roads and bridges, Democratic can...
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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...