Illinois Governor's Office
Recent News About Illinois Governor's Office
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Weber: 'Ask yourself why Illinois would need a slush fund to be competitive'
Illinois State Rep. Tom Weber (R- Lake Villa) has criticized a budgetary move to give Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) a $400 million "closing fund" to help lure businesses; Weber argues that the state already punishes and scares companies away.
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Illinois lawmakers: Please support job-creating small businesses
Inflation is out of control. Business owners can’t fill job openings. The Delta variant is keeping unsustainable restrictions in place on businesses and manufacturers throughout our communities. And all the while, our lawmakers in Springfield are still trying to make life harder for workers and small business owners like me.
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Gary Rabine hits the campaign trail: 'We’ll be paving the way to stay'
Bull Valley businessman and Republican candidate for governor Gary Rabine seems convinced his platform message of rebuilding the state economy is easily taking hold with frustrated voters.
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Gubernatorial candidate Rabine: 'My slogan is paving the way to stay'
Bull Valley businessman and Republican candidate for governor Gary Rabine has a vision for Illinois that goes back to the days of what it used to be.
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Walsh: Pritzker's 'too controlling' mentality is main cause for job declines in Illinois
Former Republican House candidate Jim Walsh believes the state’s record-setting job losses last year are symbolic of a sickness in the economy that runs far more profound than the COVID-19 virus.
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McLaughlin: 'Makes no sense' to put Illinois lawmakers ahead of others for COVID shots
Rep. Martin McLaughlin (R-Barrington Hills) can’t fathom how Gov. J.B. Pritzker can justify moving state lawmakers to the front of the COVID vaccination line when legislators have barely set foot in Springfield since the pandemic hit.
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Walsh calls Illinois COVID shots for lawmakers 'utterly wrong'
Former Republican House candidate Jim Walsh fails to see the logic in Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s order propelling all state lawmakers to the front of the line for the COVID-19 vaccination.
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Wilcox objects to 'jump the line' COVID-19 plan for Illinois lawmakers
Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) wants to know which lawmakers Gov. J.B. Pritzker is referring to when he claims it was "at the request of members of the General Assembly" that he decided to make 177 of them immediately eligible for Phase 1B vaccine shots.
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Wilcox wants Illinois to "get honest" about addressing a population moving out-of-state
Gov. J.B. Pritzker can't hide from his role in the state's spiraling outmigration crisis, Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) said.
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Wirepoints president insists 'there's nothing leadership has done' to slow residents from moving out of Illinois
Illinois' faltering population statistics tell half the story in a situation that grows more desperate by the day, Wirepoints president Ted Dabrowski said.
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Lori Orr earns $96,900 working for the Illinois Governor's Office during 2019
Lori Orr was ranked in the 88th percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
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Aaron Harris earns $91,400 at Illinois Governor's Office in 2019
Aaron Harris earned $91,400 during 2019 working for the Illinois Governor's Office as an executive assistant, according to data provided by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
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Alexis Fricke earns $40,600 at Illinois Governor's Office in 2019
Alexis Fricke earned $40,600 during 2019 working for the Illinois Governor's Office as an administrative assistant, according to data provided by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
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Lisa Duarte earns $75,600 at Illinois Governor's Office in 2019
Lisa Duarte earned $75,600 during 2019 working for the Illinois Governor's Office as an executive assistant, according to data provided by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
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Socorro Real Del earns $39,300 at Illinois Governor's Office in 2019
Socorro Real Del earned $39,300 during 2019 working for the Illinois Governor's Office as an administrative assistant, according to data provided by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
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Aaron Harris earns $91,400 working for the Illinois Governor's Office during 2019
Aaron Harris was ranked in the 85th percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
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Jamilah Jordan earns $117,300 working for the Illinois Governor's Office during 2019
Jamilah Jordan was ranked in the 95th percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
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Cynthia Tate earns $130,000 working for the Illinois Governor's Office during 2019
Cynthia Tate was ranked in the 97th percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
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Bethany Patten earns $75,000 working for the Illinois Governor's Office during 2019
Bethany Patten was ranked in the 74th percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
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Alicia Jordan-Johnson earns $52,900 working for the Illinois Governor's Office during 2019
Alicia Jordan-Johnson was ranked in the 59th percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.