Comptroller moves forward with paying state employees
CHICAGO - Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger released the following statement Thursday in response to a Circuit Court verbal order authorizing her office to process state payroll:
"Today's Court ruling gives my office the authorization it needs to begin processing payroll for all state employees. It is a welcome development that advances my goal of complying with federal mandate and doing everything in my power under law to compensate workers for the services they are already providing the state. It also ensures that Illinois will rightly continue to pay those who are on the front line in assisting our most vulnerable residents. While there will most certainly be additional legal action, I am confident that the Court will ultimately determine that paying state employees for their work is the right, and legal, thing to do."
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