In just over a month, Governor Bruce Rauner will watch J.B. Pritzker take the oath and succeed him as the state's chief executive. It doesn't sound like he'll go quietly, especially when it comes to a frequent target of his ire, AFSCME. Rauner is critical of the number of management types in state government who wear the union label....

Rauner says the percentage of state workers who are represented by unions has grown considerably since the Rod Blagojevich era....

AFSCME Council 31 reported this week that Rauner has run up a legal tab of more than 6 million dollars with what they call a high priced outside law firm to battle AFSCME and union workers in various court fights and legal challenges.