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November 18, 2024

Governor's downstate director accused of family patronage hire is not true –

Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - I received a disturbing email this morning purporting to state that Randy Pollard's wife had been hired at the Illinois Lottery, and implying it was a patronage hire.  Randy Pollard is the Governor's downstate director. After trying several numbers to the Illinois Lottery,...

Edgar County, Illinois (ECWd) - When dealing with Edgar County’s Policy Manual, we have brought up the issue of elected officials participating in the health insurance program in direct violation of county policy. We have been reminding the board of this since at least September of...

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