From the Associated Press
High on Rauner’s agenda is making Illinois more business-friendly and creating jobs.
He said during his inaugural speech last month that he’d ask the Legislature to work with him on a “comprehensive jobs and economic package that will get Illinois working again.”
That’s likely to include lowering the cost of workers’ compensation and unemployment insurance, and addressing a legal climate Rauner says is a magnet for trial lawyers.
Rauner also has signaled he’ll take on government “bureaucracy,” whether in education or by eliminating or consolidating some of Illinois’ roughly 7,000 units of government. High on Rauner’s agenda is making Illinois more business-friendly and creating jobs.
He said during his inaugural speech last month that he’d ask the Legislature to work with him on a “comprehensive jobs and economic package that will get Illinois working again.”