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The Democratic-controlled Illinois House pushed through a new legislative watchdog on Thursday over objections from Republicans who charged that the majority party skirted the law to install its hand-picked candidate.
(The Center Square) – Illinois is set to have a new legislative inspector general. But Republicans say majority Democrats circumvented what should be a bipartisan process. The office of legislative inspector general inv...
SPRINGFIELD — Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly this week fast-tracked the approval of their party’s appointee to the watchdog position tasked with investigating lawmaker misconduct.
Michael McCuskey, a retired Democratic judge who served on the state and federal benches, was approved as the new legislative inspector general.
On Thursday, the Illinois House of Representatives approved retired federal Judge Michael...