Top Rauner Staff More Highly Paid Than Quinn's

Kerry Lester, Chicago Tribune
Fri, 01/30/2015 - 6:11am

While criticizing state spending and state worker salaries as too high, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is paying top members of his administration significantly more than their predecessors in Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn's administration, a review by The Associated Press has found.

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