The move follows criticism that decisions about how to spend $109 million from the auto company’s settlement were being made with big business in secret.
Brett Chase
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Rauner, Lawmakers Face Showdown On Volkswagen Pollution Money
A rush to spend $109 million is attacked as a political grab in governor’s re-election campaign; the Illinois Senate votes to slow the process.
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Illinois’ Plan For $109 Million Haul From Volkswagen Emissions Scandal Draws Fire
Critics say the state is keeping the public in the dark and trying to speed a process that they fear may ultimately benefit corporate interests more than people sickened by air pollution.
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Fact Check: Rauner’s Head-spinning Claim That Arch Conservative Opponent Jeanne Ives Is A Mike Madigan Lackey
Rauner’s campaign ad said: “Who’s really behind Jeanne Ives’ campaign for governor? Mike Madigan’s corrupt insider machine. They’ve bankrolled her campaign with thousands in shady labor union cash, turning Ives into another Madigan lackey.”
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Fact Check: After Parkland, Can Illinois Communities Ban Assault Weapons?
Highland Park, Chicago and a few other Illinois towns have banned assault weapons, but state law blocks most other communities from following suit. How come?
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Fact Check: Does Rauner Truly Have a $1 Billion ‘Tax Relief’ Plan?
The day after Gov. Rauner unveiled a new budget blueprint for the coming fiscal year, his campaign released an ad highlighting a vague $1 billion tax cut plan.
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Fact Check: Rauner’s Dubious Balanced Budget Claims … Again
Rauner remains persistent in arguing that his past budgets were all balanced, despite broad and convincing evidence to the contrary.
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Fact Check: Rauner GOP Foe Says She Shares Obama’s View On Gun Violence
In his 2008 speech, Obama drew a link between children from fatherless homes and those who stray into crime. But Ives took it a lot further than Obama ever did.
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Fact Check: Rauner Says Legionella Is In Most Of Illinois. But To What Extent?
Bruce Rauner says news reports fail to explain that the source of Legionnaires’ disease, which broke out at a state-run veterans’ home in 2015, is basically everywhere. But to what extent?
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Rauner Enters Fray Over Water Testing Around ‘Clean’ Dumps
A debate over water testing at construction dumps leads to a clash between economic interests and public safety concerns.