When it comes to budgeting, Gov. Rauner has been clearly guilty of some of the same sins he is now complaining about. But he’s right that the state budget is way in the red.
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Fact-Check: Does The State’s New Education Law Create A ‘Voucher Program’?
The Chicago Teachers Union consistently describes a scholarship plan included in a new Illinois education bill as a voucher program and a tax shelter that will benefit the wealthy. But is that description accurate?
Fact-Check: Rauner’s ‘Proud Immigrant’ Grandparents? Born In Wisconsin
Throughout his political career, Gov. Bruce Rauner has told the tale of his proud Swedish immigrant grandparents, the Ericksons from Sweden. Except they were born and bred in Wisconsin.
Fact-Check: Will New Illinois Law Create ‘Sanctuaries’ For Undocumented Immigrants?
Opponents of a new law defining police officers’ roles in immigration matters miss the mark — Illinois has not become a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants.
Fact-Check: Does Chicago Protect ‘Criminal Aliens’?
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently accused the Chicago Police Department of maintaining “an official policy of protecting criminal aliens who prey on their own residents.”
Fact-Check: U.S. Senate Candidate Says Illinois Communities Are Under Sharia Law
Are there really entire communities in Illinois that ignore U.S. law and operate instead under Sharia law?
Fact-Check: Has Rahm Rid Chicago Of Bad Financial Practices?
Mayor Emanuel says he’s cut into “every one of the financial bad management practices that I inherited.” Has he really set city finances on a distant path to soundness?
Fact-Check: Are Chicago’s Soda Prices Among Highest In The Country?
Calling Chicago’s soda price expensive is a little like proclaiming the sun rises in the east, but we thought it was worth a look anyway.
BGA, PolitiFact Form Exclusive Partnership To Hold Illinois Government Accountable
For a fact-challenged era in a fact-challenged state, The Better Government Association has signed on as Illinois’ fact-checking referee.
Fact-Check: Does The Proposed Illinois School Funding Bill Bail Out Chicago’s Teacher Pensions?
An official fact-check from the BGA, the exclusive operator of PolitiFact Illinois, here to help you find the truth in politics via the Pulitzer Prize-winning web approach built by the Tampa Bay Times.