Steve Rauschenberger, former State Senator and now President of the Technology & Manufacturing Association, appeared on the Illinois Rising show. The discussion was focused on the state budget and how Speaker Mike Madigan exerts iron-fisted control over all all legislation – from the House Rules Committee right up to the moment legislators vote on it.
By Amanda Szulc, Opinion ContributorChicagoans were promised that criminal-justice reform would make the system fairer without sacrificing safety. Instead, too many residents are discovering what happens when ideology...
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