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Sources say it took House Speaker Chris Welch more than two weeks from being notified of the incident involving former Rep. Harry Benton to filing a complaint with the Legislative Inspector General, which wasn’t filed until early March.
The Legislative Ethics Commission, a bipartisan, bicameral group of state legislators, voted unanimously Thursday to release the Legislative Inspector General’s report into sexual harassment claims against former Rep. Harry Benton.
The Legislative Ethics Commission, a bipartisan, bicameral group of state legislators, voted unanimously Thursday to release the Legislative Inspector General’s report into sexual harassment claims against former Rep. Harry Benton.
Governor JB Pritzker says indicted Rep. Carol Ammons (D-Urbana), who is accused of shifting state grants to agencies that paid her daughter and receiving kickbacks on grants and campaign dollars, should resign.
House Speaker Chris Welch spent much of Tuesday attempting to keep a caucus divided over his handling of sexual harassment claims against former Rep. Harry Benton in his corner.
A granddaughter of the late Sen. Alan Dixon was chosen to replace disgraced former Rep. Harry Benton, but Republicans immediately began attacking her for previously working for Benton.
When then-House Speaker Michael Madigan lost his grip on his caucus amid sexual harassment scandals surrounding his campaign and official staff, it was a revolt led by many House Democratic women.
With the exception of Bruce Rauner’s flash in the pan around the 2014 and 2016 cycles, it is not a new phenomenon that Republicans in Illinois have struggled to raise money.
It isn’t much of a surprise to many political observers that Pritzker-Bailey 2.0 has the possibility to get more personal than the first time around in 2022. We’re told Pritzker is leading handily in all private polls, Bailey’s fundraising is struggling, and he’s continuing to struggle to grow his base outside of downstate conservatives.
Rep. Carol Ammons (D-Urbana), Friday denied wrongdoing after a federal grand jury indicted her on charges wire fraud, obstruction of justice, and lying to the FBI.