Within hours of being sworn in as governor, Rauner offered a stark contrast by issuing a freeze on all non-essential spending, immediately followed by ethics and transparency executive orders aimed at deconstructing the disappointing status quo of Springfield politics.
The residential-center horror stories demonstrate that corruption in government often hurts the most vulnerable among us. It also shows that exposing those injustices can lead to change.
Executive order regarding posting of new hires signals possible shift in government transparency under new administration.
More than 20 police and 10 fire pension funds were less than 30 percent funded in 2012.
Five things to remember from Governor Bruce Rauner's Inaugural speech
A transcript of Governor Bruce Rauner's Inauguration speech on January 12, 2014.
As the state faces its most pressing budget crisis ever, it is time to rethink how much of its income-tax revenue it can afford to pass back to local governments.
There are now 1.06 million more Americans working than when the recession began. In comparison, there are 232,000 fewer Illinoisans working over the same time period, the second-largest employment gap in the U.S.