A meeting between Gov. Bruce Rauner and legislative leaders to discuss the four-month-old budget impasse could occur next month — and in public.

 

Several government-reform groups invited Rauner and leaders of the General Assembly — including Democrats Michael Madigan, the House Speaker, and John Cullerton, president of the Senate — attempting to bring the two sides together. Later, the Union League Club of Chicago offered space on Nov. 18.

 

Late Friday, Rauner wrote to the leaders and acknowledged he’s free, but wants to host the meeting in his office and make provisions, like live-streaming, for it to be open.

 

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