In a 30-second spot titled “Thanks, Mike!,” Republican governors around Illinois boast of their states’ economic gains.
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Fact-Check: Are Rauner’s Business Interests Really Out Of His Control?
We look at Rauner’s claim that he has no control over the business interests that predate his term as governor.
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Rauner Administration Stirs Up Uncertainty By Scaling Back Social Service Funding
Following two years of tumult amid Illinois’ historic budget standoff, state funding for human service programs has become so unreliable some providers are now questioning if it might be wiser to forgo it entirely.
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Fact-Check: Emanuel Plays Fast And Loose With Fast Growth Boast
Mayor Emanuel claims that Chicago’s economy has grown faster than New York’s, Washington’s and the nation’s. The most obvious benchmarks don’t back him up.
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Speaking Truth to Power: 2017 BGA Luncheon A Huge Success
The importance of holding those in power accountable for their words and actions with CBS News’ John Dickerson.
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Illinois Circling The Toilet Bowl? This Boom Town Begs To Differ
Tiny Rochelle, 80 miles west of Chicago at the intersection of Interstates 88 and 39, is on an industrial roll, blissfully ignoring a common narrative among political and business elites of an economically maligned Illinois.
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Fact-Check: Has Bruce Rauner Always Been Pro-Choice?
Bruce Rauner said his signing of a controversial abortion bill was consistent with his pro-choice principles and that he had never presented himself as anything but pro-choice.
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Illinois Is Poised To Dangle Business Incentives To Big Companies — But Is It Worth It?
Despite ever more tenuous state finances, Gov. Bruce Rauner and many lawmakers appear poised to embrace expensive incentive packages once unanimously derided by Springfield.
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Fact-Check: Chicago Toughest On Gun Control? Claim Doesn’t Hold Up
Sanders, her boss and all of those who continue to repeat her statement on social media and elsewhere are wrong about Chicago’s gun laws.
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Fact-Check: Does A Soda Tax Mean A Healthier Cook County?
Billionaire Michael has become a major defender of the Cook County tax, spending more than $5 million on ads touting its health benefits. Are they telling the truth?
