April 28, 2021
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza is pictured at an event in 2019. She is the subject of a lawsuit by former state lawmakers who are seeking backpay for automatic raises that were withheld when they were in office. Capitol News Illinois file photo
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Judge rules two ex-senators should be paid withheld salaries
Illinois Comptroller will appeal decision, calls former lawmakers ‘shameless grifters’
Springfield — Two former Illinois state senators have a “clear right” to receive portions of their legislative salaries that were withheld by Illinois Comptroller Mendoza and her predecessors, a Cook County judge recently decided.