Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno to resign

http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170629/senate-republican-leader-christine-radogno-to-resign

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Doug Finke, Springfield Journal Register.  Please click on the link above for the full story.  Here is an excerpt below.

Illinois Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno said Thursday she is resigning from the Senate at the end of business Saturday.

Radogno, who earlier this year tried to negotiate a resolution to the state budget impasse with Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, said she has done all she can to resolve the two-year stalemate.

“I have done everything I can do to resolve the state’s budget crisis,” Radogno said in a statement. “I will continue to do so for the coming days, but if the solution will not come on my watch, I hope and pray that the governor, the other legislative leaders, Democrats and Republicans in the Senate and House, can find a path to solve the state’s problems.”