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In Illinois’ Ongoing Budget Crisis, She’s the Woman Deciding Who Gets Paid
— Governing Magazine | Vock, D. — Susana Mendoza knew she was walking into a tough job well before she ever assumed office as the comptroller of Illinois in December 2016. She attended a conference of state treasurers, auditors and comptrollers as a candidate, and, as soon as she told other attendees she came from Illinois,…
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Illinois comptroller wants halt to payroll “off-shoring”
— The State Journal-Register | Finke, D. — View the article. Comptroller Susana Mendoza said Thursday she wants to stop the practice of governors hiding employee salaries by shifting costs to state agencies. Surrounded by three Democratic and one Republican lawmaker, Mendoza called for lawmakers to pass the “Truth In Hiring” law that requires governors…
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Editorial: Legislature should override Debt Transparency Act veto
— Herald-Whig | Editorial Board — View the article. Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza has the unenviable task of determining which bills the state can pay. Going more than two years without a budget, when spending continued to outpace revenue, escalated a backlog of unpaid bills that last week reached $14.7 billion. Of course, that’s only…
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Bond sale to pay overdue bills may aid Illinois’ credit rating – S&P
— Reuters | Reuters Staff — View the article. The sale of up to $6 billion of bonds by Illinois to shrink its enormous unpaid bill backlog, an action the governor has yet to take, could protect the state from a credit rating downgrade to junk, S&P Global Ratings said on Tuesday. The credit rating…
