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Rauner blasts state lawmakers' budgetMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner says the spending plan approved by state lawmakers is a "phony budget." Illinois legislators approved a pla...
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Quinn says lawmakers didn't 'get the job done'May 30, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Pat Quinn says the budget that lawmakers approved "didn't get the job done." The Chicago Democrat wanted to extend the state's income tax increase to ...
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Rauner targets Democrats with anti-tax robocallsMay 20, 2014 1:01 am - Republican candidate for governor Bruce Rauner's campaign has dispatched robocalls to constituents of four suburban Democratic state representatives in an effort to pres...
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Does tollway official have conflict over Quinn donations?May 12, 2014 5:30 am - An Illinois tollway director appointed by Pat Quinn also heads a union that is a major financial player in the governor's re-election campaign, most recently giving $250...
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Hull donates to Rauner's gubernatorial campaignMay 12, 2014 1:01 am - Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner's donors include millionaire businessman Blair Hull, who lost a 2004 Democratic U.S. Senate primary. Hull wrote an April ...
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Senator: Commission should subpoena Quinn programMay 05, 2014 1:01 am - The head of a legislative commission that helps review use of public funds says he'll seek subpoena powers to investigate Gov. Pat Quinn's 2010 anti-violence program. Th...
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Quinn makes minimum wage pitch at women's eventMay 05, 2014 1:01 am - Gov. Pat Quinn has made his pitch to raise the Illinois minimum wage at a women's luncheon in Chicago attended by many top Democrats and candidates. Quinn is seeking re-...
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Quinn makes Chicago TV stops after word of probeMay 02, 2014 1:01 am - A day after word of a federal probe into Gov. Pat Quinn's 2010 anti-violence program surfaced, he made the rounds at several Chicago televisions stations Friday to defen...
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Federal prosecutors also probing Quinn's anti-violence programMay 01, 2014 1:01 am - Federal prosecutors have asked for information related to Gov. Pat Quinn's troubled anti-violence program, which has also been the subject of a scathing state auditor's ...
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GOP lawmakers want federal probe of Quinn hiresApr 30, 2014 1:01 am - Republican members of Illinois' congressional delegation are calling for a federal investigation of political hiring in Gov. Pat Quinn's transportation department. Lawma...