Public Pension and Salary ‘Double-Dippers’ Targeted in New Bill

Public pension and salary ‘double-dippers’ targeted in new bill – Chicago Sun-Times
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This summer, the Metra patronage scandal erupted after an allegation that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan tried getting the rail agency to give a raise to a campaign worker who held a state job. Tempers once again flared after the Sun-Times revealed that the raise request — which Madigan said…