The transition of power is coming in Illinois. Republican Governor Bruce Rauner says he and his staff is working for a smooth transition as Democrat JB Pritzker takes over. He’s sworn in on January 14th and until then Rauner will be running the state but he says that the next few weeks won’t be filled with last minute rule making or job filling.

Rauner will be working his way through clemency petition’s and the standing backlog of requests.