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Governor Rauner Discusses Bipartisanship And Education in State of the State

As heard on WHOW and at dewittdailynews.com, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner gave his annual State of the State address Wednesday afternoon.
 
The Governor says the results of borrowing and deficit spending are hurting human services and senior citizens. He calls it a failure in being compassionate because of the inability to be competitive.
 
 
Governor Rauner called on the Illinois legislature to work together to get the fiscal recovery started. He thanked the leaders in the Illinois Senate that have taken the lead on this and implored everyone to keep working.
 
 
The state's bipartisan task force for analyzing the school funding formula should finish soon and will have recommendations the Governor hopes can be implemented on a bipartisan basis.
 
 
In addition to the K-12 education, the Governor is calling for the increased research opportunities at Illinois' universities.
 
 
The Governor is also calling on the Legislature to have a fair maps amendment be put on the election ballot along with a term limits amendment.
 
 
A balanced, full year budget and the unfunded pension system were just a few of the challenges the Governor says need to be addressed.
 
 
Among the Governor's other topics from the Wednesday afternoon address were the introduction of a planned new managed lane on Interstate 55 to be paid for by private investors, the technology improvements within state government, and the violence in Chicago.
 
Exelon Clinton Power Station employee, Jeff Wrage and his family were at the Governor's State of the State address and in fact, the Governor recognized them as a portion of his speech where he highlighted the State saving the jobs of the Clinton power station employees in Clinton and the Quad Cities. Jeff was joined by his wife Stephanie and two daughters, Halle and Maesie. 

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