Rauner Urges $245M Fix To Troubled Quincy Vets’ Home
After a WBEZ investigation, Rauner wants lawmakers to replace the home where 13 residents have died of Legionnaires’ since 2015.
Dave McKinney
Reporter, Government and Politics
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Top Rauner Aide Suggested Blaming Duckworth For Legionnaires’ Deaths
The idea was floated in an email from Rauner’s deputy chief of staff. “I’m not going to dignify that email from her,” Duckworth says.
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IL Veterans’ Affairs Chief To Resign Amid Quincy Legionnaires’ Scandal
The head of the agency that oversees a state-run veterans’ home plagued by Legionnaires’ disease is resigning.
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Bill Could Award Legionnaires’ Victims’ Families $2M From State
The measure comes after a WBEZ investigation into a troubled downstate veterans’ home that saw 13 people die from the disease since 2015.
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Casino Sale Raises Questions About A Windfall - Or A Conflict - For Pritzker
The proposed sale of an Illinois casino may mean more than $3M for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate and free him of potential conflicts of interest.
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Illinois Report Alludes To More Legionnaires’ Cases At Quincy Home
The report says there is the possibility that spikes in pneumonia in 2006 and 2008 could have been related to Legionnaires’.
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The Legionnaires’ Emails Rauner Doesn’t Want Lawmakers To See
See what Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration redacted when Legionnaires’-related emails were released to lawmakers.
Ives Reluctantly Says She’ll Vote For Rauner
The Republican who narrowly lost Tuesday’s gubernatorial primary is reluctantly saying she’ll vote for Gov. Bruce Rauner this fall.
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Rauner: Replace Downstate VA Home With New ‘Ultra-Modern’ Facility
The governor’s plan come as his administration faces mounting criticism over how it handled a deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak at the home.
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State Health Chief Calls His Email About Legionnaires’ Death ‘Insensitive’
Illinois’ public health director says his email reaction to the son of a grieving Legionnaires’ victim is “not something I’m proud of.”
