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GOP state senators get extra work, pay after losses

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Illinois Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno speaks to lawmakers during an executive committee hearing earlier this month at the Capitol in Springfield. The Lemont lawmaker receives a $27,477 stipend for her leadership post.

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Republicans in the Illinois Senate hold a dubious distinction: Because of a November shellacking, every one of them will have a caucus or leadership post — and the accompanying stipend — in this legislative session.
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