Aaron Schock’s former chief of staff Steve Shearer will be heading up the Republican Fund for Progress & Jobs Super PAC as a major channel for union support against Bruce Rauner in the primary election. Why the vendetta against Rauner?  Watch the 90 second video. http://www.rebootillinois.com/2014/is-vendetta-behind-anti-rauner-super-pac-11677

Four groups include equity provided by Cintra Infraestructuras SA, ACS Infrastructure Dev., Plenary Group USA and Meridiam Infrastructure. http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140121/BLOGS02/140129956/state-short-lists-four-groups-to-build-and-run-illiana-expressway#

“Barely dent” the problem: That’s the same phrase we used a month before the pension bill was passed to describe it, when an outline first leaked out. http://www.wbez.org/news/study-pension-savings-barely-dent-illinois-fiscal-woes-109547