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The Daily Egyptian
Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

The Daily Egyptian
Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

The Daily Egyptian
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks at the Illinois State Fair on Aug. 17, 2016, in Springfield. (Anthony Souffle/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Rauner pulls TV ad featuring Missouri governor who admitted to extramarital affair

By Joseph Bustos | Belleville News-Democrat
January 11, 2018
Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (Chicago Tribune file photo)

Republican leader wants sexual harassment hotline in wake of Capitol scandal

By Monique Garcia | Chicago Tribune
November 6, 2017
Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (Chicago Tribune file photo)

Illinois Democrats scramble to change law to keep alive ethics complaints stuck in limbo

By Monique Garcia and Kim Geiger | Chicago Tribune
November 3, 2017
Bruce Rauner is sworn into office at the Prairie Capital Convention Center on Jan. 12, 2015 in Springfield. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

State school funding deal comes under pressure as leaders work on final details

August 28, 2017
Rauner: Trump's comments on Charlottesville 'damage America'

Rauner: Trump’s comments on Charlottesville ‘damage America’

By Bernard Schoenburg | The State Journal-Register
August 17, 2017
Gov. Bruce Rauner watches from his seat in the audience as President Barack Obama speaks on the designation of the Pullman National Monument Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 at Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy in Chicago. (Anthony Souffle | Chicago Tribune | TNS)

Rauner calls for leader meetings on school funding

By Doug Finke | The State Journal-Register, Springfield, Ill.
August 14, 2017
Daily Egyptian file photo.

Rauner vows to veto education funding bill, demands Democrats send it to him

By Kim Geiger and Rick Pearson | Chicago Tribune
July 17, 2017
Rauner threatens to keep lawmakers in Springfield if no budget by Friday

Rauner threatens to keep lawmakers in Springfield if no budget by Friday

By Doug Finke | The State Journal-Register, Springfield, Ill.
June 29, 2017
Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (TNS)

State budget deal not happening before spring session deadline

June 1, 2017
Illinois Sen. Paul Schimpf, R-Waterloo, speaks with district resident and retired SIU professor Steven Kraft on Saturday, April 1, 2017, after a town hall meeting at Carbondale Township Hall. (Bill Lukitsch | @lukitsbill)

State senators address concerns of budget impasse at Carbondale town hall

By Bill Lukitsch
April 1, 2017
Tomasz Wiltowski, director of the Advanced Coal and Energy Research Center, observes equipment used at the Illinois Energy Development Park on Friday, March 10, 2017, in Carterville. The center is one of 15 centers or initiatives SIU’s non-academic prioritization committee, which was appointed by interim Chancellor Brad Colwell, suggested could become self-supporting with the goal of eliminating state funding by 2022. Wiltowski said community events like Energy Day and energy forums would have to be eliminated if such cuts were implemented. “We have to bring the community together,” he said. “We have to educate the community. What is energy about? What is how to conserve the energy? Like why we are paying such high prices for electricity or gas?” (Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto)

Proposed cuts to Advanced Coal and Energy Research Center would make SIU less attractive, director says

By Marnie Leonard
March 22, 2017
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Ill., on August 17, 2016. (Anthony Souffle | Chicago Tribune | TNS)

Rauner: Democrats leading a ‘coordinated activity’ to ‘create a crisis’ in Illinois

By Monique Garcia | Chicago Tribune
March 8, 2017
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