Taxes, weed, Madigan—what will governor-elect Bruce Rauner do?
by Mick Dumke
Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner raised nearly $100 million between them—and presumably spent about as much to warn us that if the other guy were elected governor, a calamity would befall Illinois more alarming than having to watch their campaign ads. Now that the ballots are in, our governor-elect has to prove that his opponent and nearly half the state's voters were wrong about him.…[ Read more ]