Column: After being replaced on leadership team, Ammons gets a committee all her own – Champaign News-Gazette*

Jim Dey: "Records in the House clerk’s office, however, show that Ammons, who receives a $10,574 stipend for her role as chairwoman, is the only member of the new committee to which 'at this time, no legislation has been assigned.'...The date of Welch’s appointment — the last day of June — allowed Ammons to be paid her stipend as if she had held the position for the entire month."