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Trump combines bluster, humor, and grief
The president denounced anti-Semitism, but then played to a partisan crowd of thousands in a political rally at Southern Illinois Airport
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Trump stumps at Southern Illinois Airport rally
President out to boost local congressman, but will Gov. Rauner seek his blessing too?
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Higher minimum wage would boost state economy
A hike in the Illinois minimum wage would affect up to one in four workers and potentially add $19 billion to the state economy, according to a new study
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Progressive groups protest against Harold
Erika Harold, candidate for attorney general, pledged to uphold state law and protect all Illinoisans against discrimination
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Ted Cox October 25, 2018 Erika Harold , Julie Lynn , Mike Ziri , Planned Parenthood of Illinois , Equality Illinois , Sierra Club , Moms Demand Action , SEIU , NARAL , Barack Obama , Martin Luther King , Obamacare , Affordable Care Act , City Club of Chicagio , City Club of Chicago , Illinois Abortion Rights , Opioid Abuse , Workers' Compensation
Court slaps Rauner, labor panel on 'impasse'
AFSCME Council 31 urges governor to return to bargaining table in good faith
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Rauner, Roskam blow anti-LGBTQ 'dog whistle'
Equality Illinois says it’s no coincidence Rauner ad uses gay marriage to link Pritzker, Madigan
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Ted Cox October 24, 2018 Bruce Rauner , Peter Roskam , Sean Casten , Dan Savage , Brian Johnson , Equality Illinois , Rich Miller , Capitol Fax , J.B. Pritzker , Michael Madigan , LGBTQ , Marriage Equality , Gay Rights , Santorum , Rick Santorum , It Gets Better Project
Rauner rips pensions while profiting off them
Rauner blames public pensions for state funding woes, even as his former firm made huge profits off them
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Ted Cox October 23, 2018 Bruce Rauner , Gary Rivlin , Jay Rehak , Ralph Martire , The Intercept , GTCR , Illinois Public Unions , Illinois Public Pensions , Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund , Janus
Illinois flat tax among most unfair in U.S.
Prairie State has eighth-worst tax system in nation, says new study on equality
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Vote! Additional early polling places opening
Early voting, grace-period registration expands at sites statewide ahead of Nov. 6 election
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Trump confirms SIU visit Saturday: How to get tix
The president plans a late-afternoon campaign stop at the Southern Illinois Airport
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Ted Cox October 22, 2018 Donald Trump , Mike Bost , Brendan Kelly , Rodney Davis , Betsy Dirksen Londrigan , John Lewis , Southern Illinois University , Southern Illinois Airport , Mike Henry , Flyover Social Center , Paul Ryan
Trump considers Carbondale campaign stop
But opponents have prepared a city resolution saying the president’s ‘fascism’ is unwelcome
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Health care top issue in upcoming midterm elections
With insurance premiums and deductibles skyrocketing, it’s no wonder voters are concerned
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Ted Cox October 19, 2018 Donald Trump , Drew Altman , Kaiser Family Foundation , Health Care , Affordable Care Act , Obamacare , Deductibles , Insurance Premiums , Inflation , Working Families , Illinois Working Families
Diana Rauner joins call to aid new mothers
First state report on maternity deaths calls for state to expand Medicaid, health programs
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Ted Cox October 18, 2018 Bruce Rauner , Diana Rauner , Illinois Department of Public Health , Julie Morita , Chicago Department of Public Health , Nirav Shah , Robin Jones , Mary Flowers , Jerome Adams , U.S. Surgeon General , Emily Gibellina , Ounce of Prevention Fund , Illinois Family Connects
IPI's Pritzker tax fantasy debunked
Not all taxes are bad taxes, but neither are all details on tax reform
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Rauner: Stand and deliver on FOIA
Governor remains unresponsive on binding opinion to release FOIA’d emails
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Rauner worked to abort HB40 before signing it
FOIA’d emails show state staffers moved to ‘shore up’ opposition to controversial abortion-rights bill to keep it off governor’s desk
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Illinois immigrants get the job done
Immigrants make up more than 14 percent of state population, with almost half naturalized U.S. citizens
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Rauner decries Medicaid boost
But governor offers no solution except for jobs with health care
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Ted Cox October 15, 2018 Bruce Rauner , Donald Trump , Barack Obama , Affordable Care Act , Obamacare , Medicaid , Medicaid Expansion , Pat Quinn , J.B. Pritzker , Illinois Health and Hospital Association , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law , Government Accountability Office , Stephanie Altman , Associated Press
Soybeans face long-term decline
Trump trade war pushing China to buy from Brazil, Argentina
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Pritzker: 'We are one Illinois'
In Quincy debate, Democrat counters Rauner’s divisiveness with message of statewide unity and optimism
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Ted Cox October 11, 2018 Bruce Rauner , J.B. Pritzker , Grayson "Kash" Jackson , Sam McCann , WGEM-TV , Illinois Political Divide , Illinois Working Families , Progressive Income Tax , Sports Betting , Legal Marijuana , Quincy Veterans Home , Sterigenics , Lisa Madigan , Donald Trump , Trump Trade War , Illinois Soybean Growers , Minimum Wage , Illinois Higher Education , Illinois Education , Illinois Education Funding , Andy Manar
