Governor Pritzker and John Sullivan during a press conference in 2019
Illinois Governor J.B.
Pritzker over the weekend accepted the resignation of John Sullivan as Director
of the Illinois Department of Agriculture.
Governor
JB Pritzker asked for the director’s resignation following the fall-out from a
2012 email, which the Administration says the then-state senator did not handle
appropriately.
In a
statement to Brownfield, Emily Bittner, Deputy Chief of Staff for
Communications with the Governor’s office says the Governor is grateful for
Sullivan’s service in the administration, however he holds all state employees
to the highest ethical standards.
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