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Two weeks after abruptly resigning from office, former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton is scheduled to plead guilty Tuesday in a federal embezzlement case.
Former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of embezzlement, admitting he improperly took more than $240,000 from Teamsters Joint Council 25.
Cullerton, 52, a former chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, was first elected to the Senate in 2012 and was seated in 2013.. On Wednesday, though, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Cullerton's attorney, Daniel Collins, had requested a change of plea hearing and Cullerton submitted his resignation to the Senate. I look forward to welcoming and working with a...
The Illinois Supreme Court is being asked to review the state’s mask mandate and other COVID-19 mitigation orders for K-12 schools on an expedited schedule.
Mask mandate appeal heads to high court; new legislative watchdog moves in