SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner (ROW’-nur) is calling on outgoing Gov. Pat Quinn to freeze all hiring in the final weeks of his term.
Rauner spoke Thursday at the Capitol. He’ll take office Jan. 12.
The Winnetka Republican wants Quinn to agree not to make any additional hires or appointments and to refrain from reclassifying employees into union-protected jobs so they can keep their positions in a Rauner administration.
But Quinn’s office wouldn’t commit to a freeze. Spokeswoman Katie Hickey says Quinn has “directed cabinet members to manage their agencies in a responsible manner” to ensure basic state operations continue.
Rauner says past governors have rewarded people with jobs on their way out. He says he doesn’t have reason to believe Quinn is doing so but a freeze is “good management practice.”
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