Via The Chicago Tribune A federal judge has granted a request by a Chicago attorney to appoint a monitor to oversee hiring at the Illinois Department of Transportation, dealing a blow to Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn less than two weeks…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune With less than two weeks until Election Day, the race for Illinois governor is a dead heat as Republican challenger Bruce Rauner has made significant inroads among suburban voters, especially women, a new Chicago Tribune poll…
Read MoreVia WUIS 91.9 The race for Illinois governor is one of the most expensive match-ups in the nation. A new report shows that most of that comes from relatively few donors. Money’s flying into the race between Gov. Pat Quinn…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune Facing off for the final time in the contentious race for governor, Gov. Pat Quinn decried “savage cuts” in a Bruce Rauner budget, while the Republican challenger repeatedly branded the Democratic chief executive a “phony” and a…
Read MoreVia the State Journal-Register CHICAGO — Locked in a neck-and-neck contest ahead of November, Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner sparred on jobs, Illinois’ financial issues and qualifications in their final televised debate Monday. Like the previous two debates,…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner combined to spend more than $21 million on TV and radio ads from July through September, state campaign records show. Rauner raised and spent more than $20…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Tribune Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner sharply clashed Tuesday night over who could better improve the lives of African Americans during a South Side debate focused on education, crime, jobs and taxes. Rauner…
Read MoreVia MyFoxNY CHICAGO (AP) – Republican Bruce Rauner and Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn will debate for a second time as they battle to become Illinois’ next governor. The candidates are scheduled to meet Tuesday night at Chicago’s DuSable Museum of…
Read MoreVia the State Journal-Register CHICAGO — In one of his toughest campaigns in more than three decades in the public eye, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn touts his long career as a “reformer” and insists he stands for clean government after…
Read MoreVia the State Journal-Register The boundaries between state government and political campaigns came into question Thursday as state lawmakers grilled Gov. Pat Quinn’s ex-chief of staff during a hearing about a troubled anti-violence program that has since ended. Republican lawmakers…
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