Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner
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Recent News About Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner
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From Prairie State Wire
Legislature overrides some Rauner vetoes, fails on others
Illinois's outgoing Republican governor saw a few of his vetoes overridden during the Fall Veto Session in Springfield and a few new laws have been passed, a QUAD city area lawmaker said in a summary recap released last week.
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From Prairie State Wire
Rauner concedes governor's race to Pritzker
Incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner conceded defeat Tuesday night as Democrat J.B. Pritzker claimed the governorship of Illinois, capturing 59 percent of the vote to Rauner’s 35 percent.
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From Prairie State Wire
GOP fails to keep vetoed bill from going back to governor's desk
A bill vetoed by Gov. Bruce Rauner will be going back to his desk.
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From Prairie State Wire
Population falling, but Illinois government leaders agree to spend, borrow more
Illinois state government leaders say they will spend a record $38.5 billion and borrow an estimated $11.5 billion over the next year, according to a fiscal year 2019 budget plan approved by Gov. Bruce Rauner.
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From Prairie State Wire
GOP members pay their respects during annual Memorial Day tribute
Sen. Paul Schimpf (R-Waterloo), Senate Minority Leader William Brady (R-Bloomington) and Gov. Bruce Rauner reminded Illinoisans of the ultimate sacrifice made by soldiers at a Memorial Day Wall of Remembrance ceremony last week.
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From Prairie State Wire
1115 Medicaid waiver will help launch 10 health care initiatives, Rauner says
Gov. Bruce Rauner said Illinois will be the national leader in mental health services.
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From Prairie State Wire
Rauner attempts conservative 'purge' of Illinois GOP leadership
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is publicly preaching party unity on the campaign trail. But behind the scenes, Rauner is quietly leading an effort to purge conservatives from the Illinois Republican State Central Committee, which governs the party and has elections this month.
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From Prairie State Wire
Rauner signs bipartisan Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act
"Can you hear me now?" will no longer be the question in the Prairie State. Gov. Bruce Rauner was loud and clear Thursday when announcing the Small Wireless Facilities Development Act, which he signed with Republican lawmakers at this side.
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From Prairie State Wire
Campaign spending: Rauner raised $75.5M ahead of primary victory
Gov. Bruce Rauner raised $215 per vote cast for him in the gubernatorial primary race last week compared to Rep. Jeanne Ives' $12 for vote, according to the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform.
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From Prairie State Wire
Ives concedes to Rauner in GOP primary
Amid chants of “Jeanne, Jeanne,” Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) conceded defeat to Gov. Bruce Rauner in the Republican primary late Tuesday night.
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From Prairie State Wire
Ives vs. Rauner: The Drubbing. Let’s Go to the Videotape.
It seems there’s a pretty good reason why the public at large never got to see any Rep. Jeanne Ives vs. Gov. Bruce Rauner debates prior to Election Day.
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From Prairie State Wire
National Review endorses Ives for governor
The National Review has joined the growing list of publications endorsing the candidacy of Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) in her Republican primary run against Gov. Bruce Rauner.
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McCombie applauds Rauner for slashing LLC fees
State Rep. Tony McCombie (R-Savanna) is saluting Gov. Bruce Rauner’s recent decision to pass legislation slashing Illinois’ limited liability companies' (LLC) fees by more than 300 percent as a way of potentially attracting more businesses to the cash-strapped state.
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Illinois' 72nd District state House seat could flip, Rock Island County GOP chair says
With a little love from Illinois Republicans, a Rock Island County state House race could make a difference in beating enough Democrats in next year's general election to take down longtime House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago), a county Republican official said during a recent interview.
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Rauner honors Kewanee’s Step Ladder Tutoring Program at Governor’s Hometown Awards ceremony
Gov. Bruce Rauner recently honored Kewanee and its Step Ladder Tutoring Program as one of four finalists for the Governor’s Hometown Awards at a recent ceremony in Springfield.
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Ives told Rock Island crowd she warned Rauner about abortion measure
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) says she warned Gov. Bruce Rauner that he was making a mistake by signing controversial abortion legislation this fall.
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Swanson helps eliminate food animal institute that never came about
Rep. Dan Swanson's First Bill Signed By Governor Rauner
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McCombie calls for action on school funding bill
Despite harsh words from Rep. Tony McCombie (R-Savanna), the Democratically controlled General Assembly had not acted on the amended version of the state's K-12 funding measure as of Friday morning.
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Swanson sees alternate school funding bill as three times better
Rep. Dan Swanson (R-Alpha) is counting on Gov. Bruce Rauner to give students in his district a much better school experience than what is proposed under the Senate's current education funding bill, SB1.
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Rauner shake-up follows in wake of perceived political defeat
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