Articles filed under Governor
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Quinn budget speech to face election year scrutinyMar 24, 2014 1:01 am - Gov. Pat Quinn will deliver a budget address this week that could be the most crucial of his career, as he grapples with a critical decision about raising the tax burden...
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Editorial: Campaign '14 and the politics of distractionMar 23, 2014 5:00 am - This editorial is not at its heart about the minimum wage, but the issue is a convenient spot to begin today's reflections on Campaign '14 and so we start there. First, ...
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Quinn announces $1.4 billion in tollway improvementsMar 21, 2014 1:01 am - For the second time in as many months, Governor Pat Quinn was back in the Northwest suburbs Friday talking tollway improvements. But while February's announcement in Hof...
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Dillard 'looking forward, not backward' after lossMar 20, 2014 5:00 am - Kirk Dillard has some “what ifs” but says he has no regrets as he prepares to return to life as a private citizen. The longtime DuPage County lawmaker lost his bid for g...
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Quinn shops at Gap to push minimum wage hikeMar 20, 2014 1:01 am - Gov. Pat Quinn is making his push to increase Illinois' minimum wage by shopping at a Gap clothing store in downtown Chicago. The chain has instituted a policy of payin...
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Unions face big decision — how hard to back QuinnMar 20, 2014 1:00 am - Looking to November, Illinois public union leaders whose candidate narrowly lost on primary night won't have to pick between Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican bus...
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Rauner has support from some non-RepublicansMar 20, 2014 1:00 am - Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner says he has the backing of some Illinois Democrats and independents. Speaking Thursday at a news conference in downtown C...
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Rauner vs. Quinn: Seven issues where they will clashMar 19, 2014 5:30 am - The matchup between Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican businessman Bruce Rauner sets up a potentially historic campaign to the November election between two candid...
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Voting smooth so far in the suburbsMar 18, 2014 5:30 am - Voting appears to be moving smoothly — if slowly — in the suburbs today as Republican primary voters face big decisions over who to nominate to go on to November. Cook C...
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Rauner will be GOP nomineeMar 18, 2014 1:01 am - Bruce Rauner spent the last year vilifying the Springfield establishment in his bid for the state's top office, and Illinois Republicans responded Tuesday, nominating th...