The governor’s recent ad claims taxing miles driven is part of Pritzker’s tax plan. But Pritzker has only said he’s interested in exploring the idea.
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Fact-Check: AG Candidate Raoul Makes False Claim About Foe’s Gay Adoption Stand
As a teenager, Erika Harold allegedly told beauty pageant judges she opposed gay adoption. Now, as the Republican attorney general candidate, Harold says she favors it. Kwame Raoul, her Democratic opponent, says present day Harold is not to be believed, but his argument is flimsy.
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Fact-Check: Republican AG Candidate Misleads in Attacking Opponent over Property Taxes
Erika Harold’s accusation about Democratic state Sen. Kwame Raoul ignores the broader aim of a bill he and House Speaker Michael Madigan sponsored to overhaul two ailing Chicago pension funds.
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Fact-Check: Rauner Falsely Claims Graduated Income Taxes Always Hurt the Middle Class
Rauner overlooks nearly a dozen states with graduated systems that tax middle-class earners at lower rates than flat-tax Illinois.
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Fact-Check: Pritzker Says Rauner Misquoted Newspapers. That’s a Stretch.
Rauner campaign ad selectively quotes — rather than misquotes — newspapers in attack on Pritzker’s tax plan.
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Rauner’s EPA Drafts Compromise Plan To Distribute Volkswagen Settlement Funds
Bending to pressures from public health and environmental groups, state proposes electric car charging stations, cleaner school buses and public transit money to reduce air pollution.
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Residentes Del Sur Y El Oeste De Chicago Luchan Contra El Ayuntamiento Por La Presencia De Industrias Contaminantes
Comunidades más afluentes evitan industrias como los centros de distribución, una planta de reciclaje de chatarra y un fabricante de asfalto. Los residentes dicen que la ciudad tiene que cambiar la forma en que le permite a la industria pesada ubicarse cerca de escuelas, parques y hogares.
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Fact-Check: Duckworth’s Background Check Claim Checks Out
Days after Chicago’s most violent weekend this year, the first-term senator points out what she sees as a gaping loophole in federal gun laws.
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Rauner Signs Suburban Police Shooting Reform Bill Into Law
BGA/WBEZ investigation into failed oversight of errant police shootings in Cook County leads to new law forcing investigations.
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Bruce Rauner Corrupts the Word ‘Corrupt’
The governor slings the incendiary word in a broad attack on his political foes, conflating ethics questions with Illinois’ rich history of graft.