Illinois Republicans call Pritzker’s push to vacate federal oversight of state hiring wrong in wake of ComEd scandal.

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State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi is one of three Republicans demanding that Pritzker not vacate Shakman.

The state of Illinois moved closer this summer to vacating a federal decree that authorizes oversight of state hiring, a 48-year protection that Republicans say the state still needs considering the recent scandal involving utility giant Commonwealth Edison.

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