The Better Government Association is giving Governor Rauner's State of the State Address mixed reviews. BGA Senior Policy Analyst Alden Loury liked the Governor's tone, but he hopes it leads to bipartisan results.
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Loury thinks something was missing from Rauner's roughly forty minute address.
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More than 500 people with the Responsible Budget Coalition gathered at the Capitol ahead of Rauner's address to call for an end to the state budget impasse.