Auditors to probe lawyers no bid contracts in Illinois
Illinois Auditor General probes multimillion dollar outside legal contracts. Cronson says investigators are in early stages as the Legislative Audit Commission ordered the sweep. The audit seeks scope, oversight, and potential statutory reforms for hiring outside counsel. Madigan's office halts own probe pending results.
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Springfield
Illinois Auditor General
Robert G. Cronson
Auditor General
Legislative Audit Commission
Bipartisan Commission
James R. Keane
Chicago
Philip W. Collins
Keane
Associated Press
Chicago Sun- Times
Winston & Strawn
James R. Thompson
Thompson
Illinois
Audit Commission
Cronson
House
Michael J. Madigan
Madigan
Judge to be judged on remarks to youths about prison horrors
Springfield AP A complaint charges DuPage County Circuit Judge John S. Teschner with using vile language to scare young defendants about life in prison over six years. A Judicial Inquiry Board cites four transcripts detailing warnings of racial problems and homosexual rapes. Teschner, 47, has three weeks to respond. a panel will decide if misconduct occurred.
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Judicial Inquiry Board
Teschner
Roy O. Gulley
Stevenson fundraising gains amid Chicago event lines
Adlai E Stevenson raised 250000 dollars at a major Chicago fundraiser as Mayor Jane Byrne sent 5000 dollars and a telegram. Despite 1800 seats sold at 125 dollars, only 18 of 50 ward leaders bought tickets while Stevenson said early campaign dynamics would shift after the primary. He criticized Governor James Thompson while noting Byrne’s support and questioned tax policy.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Jane Byrne
Palm Springs
Calif
Stevenson
Stevenson’s
Edward R. Vrdolyak
James Thompson
Thompson
Illinois
Pension for Cardinal Cody ally called proper by lawyer
Chicago AP reports attorney Leonard Ring said Helen Dolan Wilson, a longtime friend of Cardinal John P. Cody and subject in a federal probe, properly receives pension benefits. Ring blamed Sun Times reports alleging falsified records on Wilson’s service credit, noting she previously worked for Archdiocese of St. Louis and the archdiocese only created a pension plan in the late 1960s.
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Chicago
John P. Cody
Helen Dolan Wilson
Wilson
Cody
Leonard Ring
Chicago Sun- Times
Aetna Life Insurance Co
Ring
Archdiocese of St. Louis
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