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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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With State Rep. Silvana Tabares set to become the next alderman for the Chicago’s 23rd Ward, it will fall to a group of Democratic Party insiders from the city’s Southwest Side and nearby suburbs to pick a replacement.
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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.
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Illinois Supreme Court Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr. vowed Friday to use his voice for the “poor, homeless, mentally ill, disenfranchised, the left out and the down and out” as the newest member of the state’s highest court.
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Illinois will get a new Supreme Court justice Friday, while Equity Illinois urges Gov. Bruce Rauner to sign a bill designed to protect workers at small companies from discrimination. Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) continued to rack up the campaign cash, and Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan named a longtime ally to replace his ousted right-hand-man at the Democratic Party of Illinois.
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Thanks to a steady stream of campaign cash, State Sen. Kwame Raoul, D-Chicago, opened up a significant lead in his race against lawyer Erika Harold to replace Attorney General Lisa Madigan, according to records filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections.
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If Gov. Bruce Rauner defeats Democratic candidate for governor J.B. Pritzker, he’ll have to buck President Donald Trump’s dismal approval ratings in Illinois, as reported by a new poll. State Rep. Peter Breen (R-Lombard) asked an appeals court to block HB40, which permits taxpayer money to be used for abortions in some cases. Union leaders claimed another victory in their battle with Rauner over raises blocked by the governor in 2015, and a suburban lawmaker introduced a bill designed to protect Chicago Public School students from abuse.
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The longtime Madigan aide who was fired earlier this year for allegedly sexually harassing a political consultant sent reporters a 14-page document that blasts his accuser as unreliable. Critics described the move as an old trick often used to “discredit and undermine women who come forward.”
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Former Lieutenant Governor candidate State Rep. Litesa Wallace, D-Rockford, became the latest politician to make a bid to lead the Illinois Democratic Party. Attorney General Lisa Madigan took aim at U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for ending a rule designed to protect online students and 14 female senators signed a letter urging their colleagues to do more to stop sexual abuse in the statehouse.
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