Illinois state Comptroller Susana Mendoza accompanied by Sen. Andy Manar, D-Bunker Hill, left, and Rep. Christian Mitchell, D-Chicago, right, explains her "truth-in-hiring" legislation that would require the current and future governors to pay employees who report to them from their budgets instead of "off-shoring" them to the payrolls of other agencies Thursday, March 8, 2018, in Springfield, Ill. Mendoza says the practice has been going on for years and short-changes vital programs in agencies to which the Legislature appropriates money for specific purposes. (AP Photo by John O'Connor)
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