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Attorney General Reaches Deal With Bus Company Over Discrimination Claims

By Brian Moline • Apr 10, 2019
Bus in a parking lot
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The bus company Suburban Express and its owner Dennis Toeppen have entered into a consent decree with the Illinois attorney general’s office to settle a lawsuit filed last year.

Harold Slams $1M Gift to Opponent In Bloomington Visit

By • Nov 5, 2018
Erika Harold speaks surrounded by GOP candidates
Eric Stock / WGLT

Illinois Republicans say House Speaker Mike Madigan's last-minute campaign donation to Kwame Raoul is a sign Democrats fear Raoul could lose in the state attorney general's race.

The Attorney General Race: Talk About The Speaker Dominates

By • Sep 6, 2018

Democratic Attorney General Lisa Madigan's decision to not seek re-election after over 15 years in office drew a plethora of candidates to the ballot. The last three standing, Republican nominee Erika Harold, Democratic candidate Kwame Raoul and Libertarian Bubba Harsy, continue to battle it out with just nine weeks until the general election.

Attorney General Candidates Weigh In On Need For Illinois Catholic Church Investigation

By • Aug 23, 2018
Mary Cullen / WGLT

Republican candidate for attorney general Erika Harold said she wants a statewide grand jury to investigate cases of child sex abuse within the Catholic church in Illinois.

Harold: Attorney General Can't 'Choose Winners and Losers' In Business

By • Aug 21, 2018
Gov. Bruce Rauner with, left, Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti and attorney general candidate Erika Harold on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, in Springfield.
@BruceRauner / Twitter

Republican candidate for attorney general Erika Harold says her recent comments at a coal energy conference in southern Illinois are not a signal she wants to ease up on environmental law enforcement.

Rauner To Spend Millions To Help GOP Chances In November

By • Aug 12, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Seth Perlman / The Associated Press

Gov. Bruce Rauner is spending millions of his own dollars to help fellow Republicans in the November election.

Attorney General Candidate Raoul Aims To Root Out Public Corruption

By • Jul 28, 2018
Kwame Raoul
Eric Stock / WGLT

The Democratic candidate for Illinois attorney general said he supports much of the work Lisa Madigan has done in the 16 years in that office, but added there are some areas where he would focus more attention.