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  • Rauner bypasses union leadership, wants AFSCME members to force vote on contract proposals

    by John Breslin | Mar 1, 2016

    Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration has reached out directly to members of the state’s largest union to try to persuade them to lobby for an up-and-down vote on proposals for a new contract. “You are seeing the first big test of Bruce Rauner, of his campaign agenda to reduce the power of public employee unions,” Matt Dietrich, executive editor of Reboot Illinois, told the Metro East Sun.

  • House candidate calls for legislation to allow for recall vote on Rahm

    by John Breslin | Feb 19, 2016

    Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel should face a potential recall vote in the wake of recent controversies, including one surrounding the police shooting of a 17-year-old teenager, the likely candidate for the 111th House District said Friday.


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