Illinois Quick Hits: Canty won't seek speakership, despite support

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(The Center Square) – State Rep. Mary Beth Canty, D-Arlington Heights, announced in a social media post Tuesday she won't seek to become the next speaker of the Illinois House, saying she is humbled by outreach asking if she would.

Canty said in her announcement she hopes there will be an "open, robust process" to determine who will be the next speaker. She further said she wants the next speaker to be engaged with lawmakers and their staff, and to strengthen the Democratic caucus both in the lawmaking process and politically.

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St. Louis man pleads guilty to transporting minor across state line for sex

A St. Louis man has admitted transporting a minor from Illinois to Missouri multiple times to engage in illegal sex acts.

Curion Turner, 28, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on Tuesday. Prosecutors said Turner met the victim on social media in 2023, when she was 15 years old and he was 25 but claimed to be 17.

Turner admitted that he brought the victim from Illinois to a hotel in the St. Louis area about seven times.

Turner is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 11.

Quincy veterans home to hold job fair

Three state agencies are co-hosting a job fair at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy on Thursday. A

ccording to the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, the Illinois Department of Central Management Services and the Illinois Department of Employment Security, vacancies include registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, veterans nursing assistants, dietary support service workers and maintenance equipment operators.

The fair is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday in the home’s new Long-Term Care Building.