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FILE - In this May 6, 2015, file photo, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, left, shakes the hand of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, right, at a Chicago City Council meeting in Chicago. Mayor Emanuel is rejecting Gov. Rauner's offer to advance $450 million in state funds to help Chicago Public Schools make a $634 million pension payment. Spokeswoman Emanuel’s spokeswoman Kelley Quinn said Monday, June 29, 2015, that using 2016 grants to pay this year's pension costs "follows the same path that got the schools into the current financial mess." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
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