Pritzker must show corrupt hiring has stopped, can’t easily restart, to end feds’ oversight of IL govt jobs, reformers say – Cook County Record

Saying Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker can’t demonstrate his administration has actually ended the illegal politically-motivated patronage hiring that has plagued Illinois’ state government for decades, a attorneys for longtime government reform advocates Michael Shakman and Paul Lurie have asked a federal appeals panel to reject Pritzker’s efforts to lift federal court-ordered oversight of Illinois’ hiring practices.