Sen. Michael Hastings steps down from Democratic leadership role following court filing over release of report alleging he abused his wife – Chicago Tribune/MSN

In a letter sent Friday to Democratic Senate President Don Harmon, Hastings noted that Harmon requested the resignation. The Frankfort resident resigned as the unpaid whip for the Democratic Majority caucus, but he did not step down from his post as chair of the Senate’s Energy and Public Utilities Committee. That role pays him more than $11,000.

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