Articles filed under Political Figures
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Mount Prospect mayor named to Illinois Finance Authority boardSep 11, 2015 1:00 am - Mount Prospect Mayor Arlene Juracek has been appointed to the Illinois Finance Authority board. Gov. Bruce Rauner Friday named Juracek to the spot, which comes with no s...
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Attorneys seek more time in Hastert caseSep 11, 2015 1:00 am - Attorneys in the financial misconduct case involving former U.S. Speaker Dennis Hastert were granted more time Friday to prepare. U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin gr...
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Rauner signs COD-inspired bill to open up severance dealsSep 10, 2015 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation Thursday aimed at making severance agreements for government employees more transparent. The new law says any government severance d...
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State Senate seals override of Rauner's veto on heroin antidotesSep 09, 2015 1:00 am - Lawmakers finished overruling Gov. Bruce Rauner's rewrite of sweeping anti-heroin legislation Wednesday, creating a new law that seeks to make overdose antidotes more re...
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Clinton says family paid State Dept. employee for email workSep 05, 2015 1:00 am - PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that her family paid a State Department employee to maintain the private email server she used while secretary of...
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Suburban Democrats say they wouldn't be swayed on Rauner vetoSep 03, 2015 1:00 am - Two suburban Democrats disagree with House Speaker Michael Madigan's suggestion that his party would have fallen in line to override Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of controve...
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Lawmakers back heroin legislation, override Rauner vetoSep 02, 2015 2:00 pm - Democratic and Republican lawmakers joined to toss out Gov. Bruce Rauner's rewrite of legislation meant to prevent heroin overdose deaths despite concerns about its pric...
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Rauner prevails in major union showdownSep 02, 2015 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner won a victory over a Democratic majority Wednesday when the Illinois House failed to override his veto of legislation designed to prevent a strike or l...
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Four questions about the week's big heroin vote answeredSep 01, 2015 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of a sweeping anti-heroin proposal could be considered by state lawmakers as early as Wednesday. Here are some answers to key questions about wh...
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Suburban Rundown: Untold Rauner-Quinn tiff over veterans sketchesAug 31, 2015 6:00 am - By Kerry Lester klester@dailyherald.com 1. Where are those sketches? "We definitely didn't steal anything," Billy Morgan, a spokesman for former Gov. Pat Quinn says, ref...