Rauner (Gov), not Ryan. And yes, he has been trying his best. His pro-growth and pro-business reforms are modeled after those that have turned Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin around after they were in about the same sad shape.
Since the infamous Jack Ryan and his penchant for strip clubs put one Barack Obama into the US Senate some years ago, and after the equally infamous Gov. George Ryan went to prison. no one named “Ryan” is permitted to enter IL politics...
(or would dare)
I should have added, the Democrat-controlled Legislature has basically told Gov. Rauner to shove his reforms up his ass. They don’t want a pro-business climate, they don’t want private sector growth and jobs.
They want a Workers Paradise where everyone is dependent on Government.