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In this Dec. 3, 2013 photo, Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, speaks to lawmakers during a Pension Committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield Ill. The Illinois Supreme Court struck down a state law designed to narrow multibillion-dollar deficits in two of Chicago's chronically underfunded pension funds. The law was aimed at rescuing two chronically underfunded pension programs that cover about 61,000 current and retired municipal civil servant workers. It reduced pension benefits and required significantly higher city contributions. Affected workers sued, saying the law violated the Illinois Constitution's protection against reducing promised benefits. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Chicago gets some pension relief as Rauner veto overridden

By JOHN O'CONNOR - Associated Press

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis speaks to the City Club of Chicago Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Lewis accused first-term Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner of "acts of terror" for his role in the budget standoff and moves to curb union influence, comments that come as the teachers union is locked in contentious contract negotiations with the nation's third-largest school district. (Rich Hein/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Karen Lewis, Chicago Teachers Union head, calls Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner ‘the new ISIS recruit’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

FILE - In a Feb. 18, 2015, file photo, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, left, and Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, talk on the floor of the General Assembly in Springfield, Ill. Lawmakers enter the final scheduled week of the spring session Monday, May 25, 2015, with a number of big agenda items to deal with, if Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic leaders can overcome their stalemate. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Standoff between Rauner, Democrats hangs over Legislature

By SARA BURNETT - Associated Press

A funnel cloud crosses south Perryville Road on Thursday, April 9, 2015, south of Interstate 39 in Rockford, Ill. (AP Photo/Rockford Register Star, Max Gersh) MANDATORY CREDIT

Tornado kills 2 people, destroys homes in tiny Illinois town

By Michael Tarm and Sophia Tareen - Associated Press

Illustration on Gov. Rauner's measures in Illinois to make payment of public-sector union dues voluntary by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

RICHARD BERMAN: Illinois allows workers to opt out of union dues

By Richard Berman

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at the Heritage Foundation's Conservative Policy Summit in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Rand Paul in New Hampshire Wednesday with full slate of meetings

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2014 file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Gov. Pat Quinn granted 179 clemency requests Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014 after going through 604 petitions filed since 2008. The Chicago Democrat typically makes such announcements ahead of holidays and issued a Christmas Eve statement saying he's also denied 425 petitions. Quinn still has roughly 3,000 petitions with just weeks left before Republican Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner is sworn in. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Clemency applicants wait for Gov. Quinn’s action

By SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press

Illinois gov candidates agree on Ebola quarantine

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FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2014, file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks during an interview in Chicago. Quinn’s carefully tended image as a reformer, back to his activist days advocating for consumers and campaigning to shrink the size of government, has been put to the test in his no-holds-barred bid for re-election this year. Quinn is running against Republican Bruce Rauner in the November general election. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Illinois governor works to defend ‘reformer’ image

By SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 12, 2014 file photo, Illinois GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner speaks at a news conference accompanied by his running mate Evelyn Sanguinetti in Chicago. Rauner says he'll release his 2013 income tax returns once they're ready. A Rauner spokesman said Rauner got a six-month extension of the April 15 filing deadline and that he will make his returns public before the Nov. 4 election. Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn's campaign has called on Rauner to release his 2013 returns and more information about prior years as the two face off in a highly competitive race. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Quinn, Rauner differ over ‘common sense’ on guns

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Mike Ditka speaks during an interview at the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII media center in New York on Jan. 29, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Mike Ditka backs Ill. GOP governor hopeful: ‘Bam! Hit ‘em right in the mouth!’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illinois Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner speaks as he and opponent Gov. Pat Quinn appear together for the first time before the 2014 general election, during the annual meeting of the Illinois Education Association Friday, April 11, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Rauner: Term limits ballot question a ‘major step’

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Illinois state Sen. Kirk Dillard, R-Westmont, leaves the Senate chambers at the state Capitol Friday, May 30, 2014, in Springfield Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Lawmakers pass $1B capital bill, adjourn session

By KERRY LESTER - Associated Press

Rauner blasts state lawmakers’ budget

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Hull donates to Rauner’s gubernatorial campaign

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Quinn talks budget, taxes at business forum

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Rauner: Illinois can’t tax its way out of problems

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First court hearing on ballot initiatives lawsuit

By SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press