Springfield News
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Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza won statewide office in November 2016 after defeating Republican Leslie Munger in a high-profile, hard-fought race widely considered a proxy battle between Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan.
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A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that will allow states to collect sales taxes from out-of-state retailers who do business over the Internet could mean a windfall for the state’s coffers, while the Legislative Green Caucus asks the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to take action against Trump Tower for not reporting its use of river water. A bill designed to protect Chicago Public School students from abuse now has 63 co-sponsors.
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Gov. Bruce Rauner continued Thursday to tout the state budget agreement, touring the Rockford office of Children’s Home and Aid to highlight the state’s new $5,000 tax credit for adoptive parents.
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Gov. Bruce Rauner announced plans to reduce the backlog of anti-discrimination and equal opportunity complaints, and named a new executive director of the Illinois Human Rights Commission. Members of the Legislative Black Caucus declared the governor no friend to black residents of Illinois while state lawmakers hammered Chicago Public Schools officials for their handling of sexual abuse complaints from students.
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Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the two candidates vying to replace her all condemned the Trump administration policy of separating parents seeking asylum in the United States from their children, although Republican nominee Erika Harold followed Gov. Bruce Rauner’s lead and did not criticize the president by name, while Rauner reversed his plan to send Illinois National Guard Troops to the southern border. Meanwhile, Rauner friend-turned-foe Dan Proft’s PAC reported a big contribution from packing goods magnate Dick Uihlein.
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JUN 20, 2018
A proposed rendering of the Discovery Partners Institute. [State of Illinois]
The $500 million included in the recently approved state budget for a new South Loop public-private research facility to be run by the University of Illinois will “plant the seeds for dramatically higher economic growth,” Gov. Bruce Rauner said Tuesday.
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Patti Blagojevich took to social media Monday to continue to push President Donald Trump to pardon her husband, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Foes of gerrymandering in Illinois said they would continue to fight against “partisan gerrymandering” despite the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to punt two cases back to lower courts.
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Six months before the November election, the Illinois governor’s race remains a toss up, according to the Cook Political Report. Illinois’ unemployment rate dropped in May, state officials announced, and Gov. Bruce Rauner replaced Health and Human Services Director Felicia Norwood on an interim basis with a five-year veteran of the department.
