Runaway Rauner: Confrontation, not collaboration
February 15, 2015
Filed under Opinions
Feb. 12 marked the one-month anniversary of Bruce Rauner’s tenure as governor of Illinois. In that span, there have been plenty of PowerPoint presentations breaking down the bad economic shape the state is in, there was a State of the State address where Democrats openly laughed at some of the governor’s...
AP: Gov. Rauner lays out controversial plan to turn state around
February 8, 2015
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. Bruce Rauner presented an ambitious first-year agenda Wednesday in a 12-page speech that proposed measures he said would help Illinois better compete with its neighbors and repair a multibillion-dollar budget hole. Here’s a look at his plans at a glance: Read More »...
Seeing red: How Bruce Rauner won Illinois
November 9, 2014
Filed under Election 2014, Focus
Governor-elect Bruce Rauner (R-Winnetka) called for bipartisan solutions to the state’s problems as he declared victory last week in the state’s gubernatorial contest against incumbent Pat Quinn (D-Chicago). Read More »...
Gov. Pat Quinn concedes day after Nov. 4 election
November 5, 2014
Filed under Election 2014, Metro, News
Gov. Pat Quinn conceded Wednesday, Nov. 5, to Republican challenger Bruce Rauner. Quinn spoke to reporters at a press conference in the Thompson Center at 3:30 p.m. Read More »...
Photos: Election 2014 around DePaul and Chicago
November 4, 2014
Filed under Campus News, Election 2014, Metro, News
[slideshow_deploy id='5233'] Above: A collection of photos from Election Day 2014, Nov. 4, around DePaul's campus and throughout Chicago.
DePaul professors predict close Illinois governor’s race
October 26, 2014
Filed under Campus News, Election 2014, News
A number of DePaul professors are unsure of who is going to win the Illinois governor’s race Nov. 4. With just a week left before the midterm election, professors cannot fully put their cards down on Democratic incumbent Gov. Pat Quinn or Republican challenger Bruce Rauner, a venture capitalist who...
