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Replacing Mendoza: Candidates vie to be state’s first new comptroller in a decade (opens the original)
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SPRINGFIELD — In January, there will be a new person writing the state's checks. Democrat Margaret Croke, a state representative from Chicago, and Republican Bryan Drew, an attorney from Benton, are competing to succeed incumbent Comptroller Susana Mendoza, a Chicago Democrat who's held the job since late 2016 but is forgoing a reelection bid to focus on a second campaign for mayor of the nation's third-largest city. “I'm walking into a really well-run office if I'm lucky enough to win in Novemb
Ethics commission names acting inspector general (opens the original)
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SPRINGFIELD — The Legislative Ethics Commission has appointed David Risley acting legislative inspector general effective the day following the Sept. 30 resignation of his predecessor. Risley is a former federal prosecutor who briefly served as Gov. Bruce Rauner’s director of public safety policy. He was an investigator in the LIG’s office under Carol Pope and an ethics advisor under Mike McCuskey, who will step down at the end of the month. Risley has earned $9,700 from the state this year as a
Illinois Capitol renovations ‘a few months behind,’ set to wrap up this winter (opens the original)
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SPRINGFIELD — Nearly five years after construction crews started moving dirt on the $350 million renovation of the Illinois State Capitol's north wing, there are finally glimmers of light at the end of the tunnel. The massive project, which included a rehab of the Illinois Senate chamber, construction of a new underground parking garage and conference room and the creation of a new main entrance with enhanced security features, will wrap up "sometime this winter," Architect of the Capitol Andrea
With Trump barely mentioned, Illinois Republicans focus on common enemy: Pritzker (opens the original)
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SPRINGFIELD — President Donald Trump has been the dominant political force within the Republican Party for more than a decade. But as Illinois GOP faithful gathered Thursday in Springfield for their annual day at the Illinois State Fair, their party's national leader was barely mentioned. Instead, the GOP candidates were laser-focused on Gov. JB Pritzker and Democrats who hold all statewide offices and supermajorities in the General Assembly. "Everywhere we go, we hear the same thing: Illinois i
Report finds ‘pattern and practice’ of sexual harassment by ex-Rep. Harry Benton (opens the original)
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This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. SPRINGFIELD —Disgraced ex-Rep. Harry Benton, D-Plainfield, violated state law by committing two acts of sexual harassment, according to a summary legislative inspector general report made public Friday afternoon. LIG Mike McCuskey said the instances were "part of a pattern and practice of inappropriate sexual conduct" by Benton that began soon after he took his initial sexual harassment training as a newly elected me
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