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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Know your ballot: State comptroller race heats up over state budget crisis

November 3, 2016

The race for state comptroller in Illinois, usually a low-profile election, has had over $12 million dollars poured into the two candidates’ campaigns, as Republicans and Democrats in the state fight...

Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks at an event. Rauner introduced Monday a new commission that will work to cut red tape in the state government.

Gov. Bruce Rauner starts initiative to cut bureaucratic ‘red tape’

October 19, 2016

Gov. Bruce Rauner signed an executive order Monday creating a commission to overhaul Illinois’ regulatory standards. The newly-created Illinois Competitiveness Council is charged with reviewing the...

Gov. Bruce Rauner listens to President Barack Obama speak in Chicago. Rauner announced last week that the Illinois Department of Corrections is opening up a life skills facility.

Illinois Department of Corrections to open life skills facility

October 16, 2016

Gov. Bruce Rauner announced last week that the Illinois Department of Corrections will be opening up a life skills facility for convicts in southern Illinois. Rauner ordered the Illinois Department...

Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks to his supporters after he was elected governor of Illinois on Nov. 4, 2014. Rauner is being sued by anti-abortion pregnancy centers for a bill that requires doctors to give patients information about abortion services.

Pro-life groups file suit against Gov. Rauner over abortion bill

October 5, 2016

Anti-abortion pregnancy centers in Illinois have filed a federal lawsuit against Gov. Bruce Rauner over a bill requiring doctors to give patients information about abortion services and other alternatives...

Gov. Bruce Rauner listens to President Barack Obama speak in Chicago. Rauner is trying to get the Illinois House of Representatives to pass a bill that would provide state ID’s to convicts when they are released from prison.

Rauner pushes prison bill meant to reduce recidivism

October 2, 2016

Gov. Bruce Rauner is pushing a bill that would provide released convicts with state identification cards in an effort to reduce rates of prison returnees. The bill, which was passed unanimously through...

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