Legionnaires’ Crisis Spurs Stack Of Bills Headed To Rauner’s Desk
Gov. Bruce Rauner is being asked to sign eight bills spurred by WBEZ’s reporting into Legionnaires’ disease at a state veterans’ home.
Gov. Bruce Rauner is being asked to sign eight bills spurred by WBEZ’s reporting into Legionnaires’ disease at a state veterans’ home.
Blagojevich goes from “you’re fired” to maybe “you’re commuted,” Rauner’s OK with the budget, and another harassment claim in Springfield.
Nothing works like a deadline: Lawmakers forwarded a state budget, the Equal Rights Amendment and money to fix the Quincy veterans’ home.
Was Dolores French dead for two days before the Rauner administration found her? A coroner says yes, the state says no.
Rauner’s Veterans’ Affairs Department says it properly notified staff of a deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak. His Labor Department disagrees.
Senate Democrat says Rauner could get $16 million to repair a troubled veterans’ home, but the governor’s $245 million plan is in question.
After a WBEZ investigation, Rauner wants lawmakers to replace the home where 13 residents have died of Legionnaires’ since 2015.
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.
The head of the agency that oversees a state-run veterans’ home plagued by Legionnaires’ disease is resigning.
The measure comes after a WBEZ investigation into a troubled downstate veterans’ home that saw 13 people die from the disease since 2015.