Illinois treasurer gets FOIA advice in 4 days, not months

Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs (FRAYR'-ikz) waited four days last month for Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office to declare that he should keep a taxpayer-funded report about sexual harassment allegations against his predecessor under wraps.

The Associated Press and other news organizations had been waiting 10 months for the same decision.

Madigan's office says the attorney general does not play favorites and blames the delay on a backlog.

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