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Gov. Bruce Rauner says he isn't a billionaire, but he's not far off. Me? I'm Amanda Vinicky, statehouse bureau chief for Illinois Public Radio, and let's…
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The state of Illinois may be running a deficit, but many of its leaders' campaign accounts are flush.The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform tracks…
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Illinois' leaders are still stuck in a budgetary quagmire, weeks after President Barack Obama came to Springfield to call for less polarization in…
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The future of some 36,000 state government employees lies -- in part, anyway -- with the Illinois Labor Relations Board.The union that represents most…
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Amanda Vinicky hosts The Players, your look into who's who in Illinois politics and what they are up to. This week, she talks with a candidate for the…
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Illinois is in uncharted territory. It'll soon hit its sixth month without a budget. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Democrats who dominate the…
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There are actions governors can take about their concerns over Syrian refugees, but keeping them out of their states — even temporarily — is not one. So…
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Just how much assistance the state should give low-income parents to help them pay for daycare has been a hot issue throughout the budget debate. Now, a…
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Illinois now has a chief operating officer: Linda Lingle. Gov. Bruce Rauner talks a lot about the "superstars" he's hired to help him run the state, and…
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Illinois is in is seventh week without a state budget. How did it get to this point, and why? For this segments of The Players -- all about who's who in…