Rauner signs budget minus reforms
Governor Bruce Rauner signed a state budget for the first time in his three-and-a-half year long political career Monday.
The incumbent Republican, who is running for re-election in November, calls the $38.5 billion spending plan a true bipartisan compromise and a “good day for the people of Illinois.” But one thing noticeably left off the negotiation table this year was his “turn around agenda,” a list of business and economic reforms he once campaigned on.
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