Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed a bill Friday that would have raised Illinois’ minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022, arguing it would hurt businesses and ultimately reduce jobs.

Advocates for the wage hike had been anticipating a veto by the pro-business Republican governor. The veto kept Illinois from becoming the third state, after California and New York, to adopt a $15 minimum wage.

Gov. Bruce Rauner used an appearance before the Marion Chamber of Commerce Friday to say the tentative school funding bill worked out by the Democratic and Republican leaders still gives too much money to Chicago schools, and that he’ll likely address that in future bills.

Only a day before, Rauner’s office issued a statement thanking the legislators for their leadership and saying he “looks forward to the coming days when the legislation is passed by both chambers.”

Local schools missed two state aid payments as the folks in Springfield tried, and failed, to gather the Illinois House votes needed to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s amendatory veto on the new school funding formula.

Both sides have reached a compromise, at least in principle, we’re told. The details? Well, we’ll just have to trust the lawmakers when they return Monday to have our best interests at heart.

A politician smiling for the cameras at a groundbreaking ceremony always makes for a silly image. But when Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb showed up in Gary recently wearing a hard hat and holding a shovel, he was doing two important things: welcoming a trucking company from south suburban Chicago Ridge, and taking a dig at Illinois.

“We are thrilled to welcome HMD Trucking to Indiana, home to balanced budgets, a AAA credit rating and a low cost of doing business,” Holcomb said. “It is clear why HMD Trucking decided to move from Illinois to Indiana. We have become the best state in the Midwest to start, get and grow jobs.”

A charity run by state Rep. Thaddeus Jones has repeatedly submitted inconsistent financial documents to the state and federal government, borrowed nearly $30,000 from his political campaign committee, and solicited donations when it was not permitted, a Daily Southtown investigation has found.

The Jones Foundation, according to its most recent charitable organization registration statement, exists “to educate on the awareness of HIV/AIDS and homelessness” and “to provide support to at risk students and promote community values.”

More than one of every three Chicago city workers made $100,000 or more last year — including 36 who topped Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s $216,210 salary, a Chicago Sun-Times analysis has found.

The number of city workers making more than Emanuel was up from 26 in a similar review by the Sun-Times in 2015. And the percentage of city employees topping the $100,000 mark is up slightly since then.

Lawyers for former Chicago Ald. Edward Vrdolyak accused federal prosecutors Friday of attempting to poison the jury pool in his pending tax-fraud case by inserting “irrelevant and inflammatory” language in the indictment.

The 16-page motion asked U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve to strike any “surplusage” from the indictment — including paragraphs laying out the connection between the charges and the massive settlement with the tobacco companies in the 1990s.

Customers believed they were signing up for a discounted rate from ComEd or believed they were going to save money through a made-up energy choice program, according to the complaint. In reality, Sperian customers routinely paid higher prices for their electricity, the suit says.

Since 2012, Sperian customers paid at least $12.7 million more in rates and extra fees than they would have paid if they had remained with the regulated utility, according to Madigan’s office.

Sangamon County State’s Attorney John Milhiser said Friday that no charges would be filed against a woman who prompted a lockdown at the Illinois Capitol building in July.

The lockdown came July 6 when the Illinois House was scheduled to vote on an override of Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of a state budget. Initial reports indicated a woman had tossed a powdery substance into the governor’s office and other locations.

The path is clear for McHenry County to move forward with the consolidation of the Lake in the Hills Sanitary District with the village of Lake in the Hills, officials said Thursday.

Former sanitary district board President Shelby Key and Trustee Terry Easler, who opposed consolidation, have backed down from challenging the county’s authority to appoint new trustees to the sanitary district board and from an earlier plan to expand the sanitary district’s footprint.

Thousands of Rockford Public Schools employees did not receive paychecks this morning because of what was described as “an unintentional error.”

Employees including teachers, bus drivers and other hourly employees are paid every two weeks on Fridays. Those using direct deposit typically have funds from their paychecks from Rockford Public Schools available to them every other Friday morning. That was not the case today.