SPRINGFIELD -- The Edgar County Watchdogs is calling for Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino to resign after he pled the Fifth to avoid incriminating himself in an investigation by the Illinois State Board of Elections last week.
East Moline School District 37 Superintendent Kristin Humphries, one of twelve superintendents who sent a critical letter to Governor Bruce Rauner, demanding he support tax increases and more state borrowing because “we are not spending enough” on public schools, himself earned $208,868 in 2015.
Brandi McGuire, Republican candidate for the Illinois House in District 72, slammed the Illinois legislature last week for failing to pass a balanced budget before adjourning its spring session.
Savanna Mayor Tony McCombie, Republican candidate for House District 71, urged her Democratic opponent, Rep. Mike Smiddy, to return to Springfield to work on a new balanced budget after the Illinois legislature failed to pass a budget before adjourning from its spring session last week.