Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Wednesday, November 1, 2017.
Lobbyist accuses state senator Ira Silverstein of sexual harassment
State senator Ira Silverstein allegedly sexual harrased an Illinois lobbyist multiple times, causing the lobbyist to seek medical attention. Denise Rotheimer made the allegations against the Chicago Democrat in a hearing on sexual harassment in Illinois politics Tuesday. She said she filed a complaint with Illinois senate president John Cullerton’s office about a year ago, and nothing had come of it. “He had so much power over me,” Rotheimer said. [DNAinfo Chicago]
