He also said Illinois’ largest public-worker union is pushing in contract negotiations for compensation he described as “out-of-touch with reality”.
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Ahead of Gov. Bruce Rauner’s second State of the State Address today, community activists are calling attention to how the IL budget impasse is affecting their lives. Rauner wants to give local governments more control over union laborers’ pay and conditions. The goal was to make the process more transparent and restore faith in government.
The Republican governor told lawmakers Wednesday during his State of the State address about a plan he’s working on with Democratic Senate President John Cullerton. “Taxpayers and homeowners, as well as our children, deserve better than the status quo”.
It’s the reason Love is trying to send this message to state legislators.
His calls for bipartisanship are hard to take seriously, especially given his identical words a year ago and his unwillingness or inability to lead since. “We’re willing to talk about those topics, make some changes, but not dramatic radical changes, especially when there’s a supermajority of Democrats”. “My concern is that we won’t hear the truth about the realities of the state for social services and for people that need the services that the state is obligated to provide”.
According to Rauner, the new agency will improve operations of information technology services and save the state money, but the governor was vague in his assessment of the state’s potential savings. But I’m going to focus on the few areas where there might be some agreement. Now, we can no longer go to the YMCA five days a week.
Rauner also called for holding schools more accountable through testing and offering low-income students more “quality school choice options”.
Teen Reach, a statewide after-school program, has seen more than a dozen sites shut down due to lack of state funding. “I think the governor has been very clear that he… came to Springfield for a reason, and the biggest reason being we want to turn the state around from an economic standpoint”. Here’s a look at the group’s work and some of the 14 recommendations they’ve presented the governor.
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Despite hopes for less drastic cuts, the university is essentially dealing with no state appropriated budget at all and is instead forced to rely upon its own reserves. It includes organizations that serve children, families, veterans, seniors and people with disabilities; education groups concerned about early learning, K-12 and higher education; labor unions; faith-based and civic organizations; immigrant and refugee families; and many others.
