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Apr 10, 2007 9:15 am US/Central
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Senate President's Wife Under Scrutiny For Raise
State Documents: Special Salary Class Was Created For Lorrie Rickman Jones' Job
CHICAGO (CBS) ―
The wife of Illinois State Senate President Emil Jones (D-Chicago) is under scrutiny after state documents revealed she got a $70,000 raise soon after becoming a state employee, and getting married to Jones.
Lorrie Rickman Jones became the mental health program director for the state Department of Human Services in September 2005.
Two months later, she got married to Emil Jones, and two months after that, she received the $70,000 raise.
State documents say the governor's administration created a special salary class for her position alone, which allowed her pay to jump from $116,000 to $186,000.
A spokesman for Lorrie Rickman Jones' department says the raise was appropriate for her education and responsibilities.
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