Today’s Headlines 7/1/2011
- Chicago Tube sale to Olympic Steel closes
- Aon pays $10.5M to settle wage suit
- City Hall insider Carlos Ponce tapped as interim CHA chief
- BrightStart worker suspended for promotion gaffe
- Gene & Georgetti marks 70 years with nod to retro drinks: Shia Kapos
- Quinn names new acting transportation secretary to replace IDOT’s Hannig
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— State Treasurer Dan Rutherford has suspended a top administrator of the state’s college savings program for letting some state employees in on a popular promotion before the public heard about it.
The Chicago Tribune reports that Rutherford suspended Catherine Watson without pay after learning she e-mailed employees about a promotion that would allow participants in the Bright Start program get $250 if they put $250 of their own money in the program.
Rutherford told the newspaper that Watson’s e-mail to as many as three employees was forwarded to about 25 people outside the office. That gave them an advantage over others. The promotion proved so popular that it maxed out at 2,500 people.
Watson was a deputy chief of programs, but won’t oversee Bright Start when she returns to work.
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