illinois politics

A vote could take place Tuesday afternoon (perhaps by the time you read this) on a new pension reform plan for Illinois.  State Sen. Dave Syverson joined "Riley & Scot" to discuss the bill.  While he didn't straight-out say he'd be a "yes" vote, it certainly seemed that was the way he was leaning.  ...

We recently had the pleasure of welcoming Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on the show to discuss his new book "Unintimidated" and his re-election effort in the Badger State.  We joked with him as we brought him on the show thatb not much has happened since the last time he joined us, right...

A couple of interesting wrinkles in Illinois politics emerged today, both on the Republican side of the aisle.

Republican candidate for Illinois Governor, Bruce Rauner, took some time off the campaign trail to join Riley & Scot on the show.  When asked about the addition of Paul Vallas as Governor Quinn's running mate, he said: I've known Paul for 20 years, I've worked with him a bit on school reform... ...