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Forget the Lincoln-Douglas debates. Check out this display by the leaders of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum … and the private fund-raising foundation which is no longer affiliated with it.
Interim museum director Melissa Coultas says she was never able to secure a new memorandum of understanding.
“Our patience with the foundation’s delay tactics is over,” Coultas told a meeting of the House Tourism Committee Thursday evening. “We have been told that we can’t move forward without trust, and we agree. Illinois taxpayers should no longer accept the nearly two decade long nod-and-wink from a foundation that wont even reveal its financial value to the state.
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 â One day before consolidated elections, the Illinois State Board of Elections executive director was placed on administrative leave after being the subject of an online extortion attempt, ISBE said in a news release.
The eight-member elections board voted unanimously on Monday, April 5, to place Director Steve Sandvoss on leave, according to the release.
The board also approved the appointment of Assistant Executive Director Bernadette Matthews to serve as interim director while Sandvoss is on leave.
âThe board also authorized the agencyâs Chief Information Security Officer, Jeremy Owens, to cooperate fully with the law enforcement investigation, as well as conduct an internal assessment of all SBE devices to which Director Sandvoss had access and ensure the security of the Boardâs systems,â the release states.
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