Hiring Scandals Shine Light On Patronage in States; Official Says the Practice of Handing Out Jobs Based On Politics Was Worse in Years Past

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CHICAGO (AP) - To the victor go the political spoils, and then the investigations start.

Illinois' Democratic governor, who ran as a reformer to replace a predecessor recently convicted of accepting graft, now finds his own administration's hiring practices under investigation.

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Hiring Scandals Shine Light On Patronage in States; Official Says the Practice of Handing Out Jobs Based On Politics Was Worse in Years Past

Kentucky's Republican governor, the first since 1971, has been indicted on misdemeanor charges that his administration illegally gave jobs to politic...

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