Top 5 Things to Know From NYT Profile on Bruce Rauner's Illinois Makeover

New York Times reporter Nicholas Confessore on Sunday took a long, deep look at the sudden change in Illinois’ political landscape in the nascent Bruce Rauner era.

Headlined, “A wealthy governor and his friends are remaking Illinois,” the story should be required reading for Illinois voters for two reasons.

First, it offers a clear-eyed look at the big picture of events in a timeline that stretches from today back to Rauner’s emergence as a candidate. Second, the premise voiced in the article’s headline is something that needs to be on our minds as the 2016 campaign season approaches. We’re about to be hit with a tidal wave of political spending like we’ve never experienced before.

The entire article is highly recommended and can be found here.

If you can’t get to the whole thing at the moment, here are five highlights that caught my attention and, I think, will resonate with the Times’ national audience.

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