In a speech to supporters on primary night, Rauner claimed that “newspapers” were now likening his political rivals to the mafia. In reality, one newspaper columnist was quoting Rauner.
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Strapped for Cash, Suburban Library Chooses Hiatus over Consolidation
Residents in south suburban Riverdale get locked out of their public library for three months even while continuing to pay taxes to fund it. The secretive library board refuses to open its books and fails to comply with public records and open meetings law.
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Judge Issues Order to Garnish Bobby Rush’s Congressional Pay
The veteran U.S. House member turned pastor owes more than $1 million tied to a loan on an Englewood church. His $174,000 annual congressional pay is to be docked $2,100 a month.
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Governor Candidates’ Job Claims Built on Shaky Foundation
Pritzker, Kennedy and Rauner all lay claim to superlative records of job creation in the business world. Proving it up? Not so much.
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Berrios Firm’s Lobbying Client Gets Big Tax Break From His Assessor’s Office
BGA investigation reveals how tobacco giant Altria saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in property taxes courtesy of the Cook County Assessor’s office run by Joseph Berrios, who co-owns a lobbying business hired by the firm to represent its interests.
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Fact Check: Rauner’s Head-spinning Claim That Arch Conservative Opponent Jeanne Ives Is A Mike Madigan Lackey
Rauner’s campaign ad said: “Who’s really behind Jeanne Ives’ campaign for governor? Mike Madigan’s corrupt insider machine. They’ve bankrolled her campaign with thousands in shady labor union cash, turning Ives into another Madigan lackey.”
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Fact Check: Chris Kennedy Flunks Data Interpretation 101 With Cairo College Readiness Claim
Kennedy falsely claimed that test results show no high school students in an economically distressed Southern Illinois town are prepared for college.
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Fact Check: After Parkland, Can Illinois Communities Ban Assault Weapons?
Highland Park, Chicago and a few other Illinois towns have banned assault weapons, but state law blocks most other communities from following suit. How come?
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Fact Check: Does Rauner Truly Have a $1 Billion ‘Tax Relief’ Plan?
The day after Gov. Rauner unveiled a new budget blueprint for the coming fiscal year, his campaign released an ad highlighting a vague $1 billion tax cut plan.
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Fact Check: Rauner Didn’t Make Taxpayers Fund Late Abortions
The bill Gov. Bruce Rauner signed changed nothing about the legality of state-funded late abortions: The state has paid for certain cases for decades, while others remain illegal.