Articles filed under Governor
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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...
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GOP governor candidates forum: watch live at 8 a.m.Jan 16, 2014 4:40 am - The four Republican candidates for governor will talk business issues in Mount Prospect this morning, in the first forum of the 2014 campaign where all will be in the sa...
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Rauner targeted by his opponents at Republican candidates' forumJan 15, 2014 4:00 pm - Winnetka businessman Bruce Rauner called a Daily Herald and ABC 7 candidate forum a “beat up Brucey” day after his three primary election opponents tried to question whe...
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Rauner joins GOP governor Daily Herald forumJan 14, 2014 10:15 am - The four Republican candidates for governor plan to attend a Daily Herald and ABC 7 forum on business issues Thursday. Republican governor candidate Bruce Rauner of Winn...
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3 governor candidates to talk business at Daily Herald forumJan 14, 2014 4:30 am - A week after the Republican primary for Illinois governor heated up over the minimum wage, three of the four candidates will talk about business policy at a forum Thursd...
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Rauner promotes ‘average Joe’ imageJan 10, 2014 6:58 pm - MCLEANSBORO, Ill. — Dressed down in a fleece vest and khakis, Bruce Rauner works potential voters at PJ’s Cafe, greeting the locals as a waitress brings around the usual...
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GOP candidate Rauner flips stance on minimum wageJan 10, 2014 10:00 am - The rising issue of a minimum wage hike tripped up Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner on Thursday, as he declared his previous support for cutting Illinois'...
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Minimum-wage controversy might sound familiarJan 10, 2014 9:00 am - Controversy over Republican candidate for governor Bruce Rauner's changing public comments about whether he wants to lower the Illinois minimum wage — or raise the feder...
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Clip: Rauner ‘adamantly’ against minimum wage hikeJan 09, 2014 7:00 pm - Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner is again explaining his reversal on raising the minimum wage after video footage surfaced of him saying he’s “adamantly, ...