Illinois Corruption Update: Federal monitor to be appointed to oversee hiring at IDOT

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

A federal judge has agreed to appoint a monitor to oversee hiring decisions at the Illinois Department of Transportation.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Sidney Schenkier's ruling comes just two weeks before the gubernatorial election and was immediately seized on by Republican candidate Bruce Rauner as evidence that "Pat Quinn is corrupt and cannot be trusted to clean up state government."

But Quinn's camp disputed that, and Schenkier himself used much more measured language Wednesday morning, saying simply that appointing a monitor was "the best way to ensure compliance" with rules over political hiring in state government.

Campaigning lawyer Michael Shakman first asked for a federal hiring monitor to oversee IDOT in 2009 — a move opposed by Quinn.

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