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Illinois 8th Congressional candidate Mark Rice recently posted a photo of a bumper sticker reading "Crook County," expressing frustration with the alleged corruption in state politics. Rice suggested that the sticker symbolizes a populace tired of dishonesty and misconduct from elected officials.
Eleven days after serving a federal prison term for corruption, ex-state Sen. Thomas Cullerton, a Democrat from Villa Park, registered as a state government lobbyist last month, according to federal and state records.
Eleven days after serving a federal prison term for corruption, a former Illinois legislator from Chicago’s western suburbs registered as a state government lobbyist last month, according to federal and state records.
Ex-state Sen. Thomas Cullerton pleaded guilty last summer to embezzling funds from a labor union and was sentenced to more than a year in prison. But he was released early — and 11 days later, he registered as a lobbyist with a public relations and government affairs firm.
Chicago U.S. Attorney John Lausch plans to leave the Justice Department “in early 2023” for the private sector, Attorney General Merrick Garland told...