Articles filed under Governor
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Rutherford backs giving workers choice in pension cutsJan 25, 2014 7:00 am - Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford of Chenoa said he’d be inclined to support a plan that would offer teachers and state workers an incentive in exchange for taking cuts ...
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GOP candidates try to appeal to downstate votersJan 23, 2014 9:32 pm - PEORIA — The four Republican candidates for governor tried to woo downstate Illinois voters at the latest in a series of debates Thursday, pledging not to let the state ...
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Illinois unions prepare attack on RaunerJan 23, 2014 6:47 pm - After months of owning the airwaves and raising millions more than his three GOP opponents in the campaign for Illinois governor, Bruce Rauner’s biggest test in the Repu...
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Brady: School pay raises should have consequencesJan 23, 2014 4:30 am - Republican candidate for governor and state Sen. Bill Brady of Bloomington says local schools should pay for state pension costs that result from pay raises given to tea...
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Treasurer candidate criticizes incumbent on travelJan 22, 2014 4:42 pm - A Democratic candidate for Illinois treasurer is criticizing the Republican incumbent and governor candidate Dan Rutherford for spending on state travel allegedly to pro...
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Dillard: Call Midwestern truce on job stealingJan 21, 2014 12:46 pm - State Sen. Kirk Dillard of Hinsdale said if elected governor he’d work on calling a truce with other Midwestern states to try to prevent them from stealing jobs from eac...
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Governor hopefuls cool to more marijuana legalizationJan 20, 2014 6:21 pm - Illinois may have a new medical marijuana law on the books, and two other states may have approved the drug’s recreational use, but the candidates for Illinois governor ...
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GOP candidates debate what qualities make best governorJan 19, 2014 4:30 am - With his focus on term limits and “union bosses” in Springfield, Winnetka businessman Bruce Rauner has tried to make his Republican primary campaign for governor a refer...
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Louisiana governor to speak at Illinois GOP eventJan 17, 2014 3:22 pm - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will speak at a fundraising event next month for the Illinois Republican Party. The Feb. 25 dinner in Chicago comes as the GOP fights to rega...
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Durbin calls to raise minimum wage, blasts RaunerJan 17, 2014 3:21 pm - Illinois Democrats continued their election-year strategy of pushing for a minimum wage hike Friday when U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin used a Martin Luther King breakfast to cal...