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   From: nobody@yamn.paranoici.org   
      
   For more than two years, lawyers for the state of Illinois fought   
   against a lawsuit filed by the former chief of staff to powerful   
   Sen. Michael Hastings, D-Frankfort.   
      
   But the state paid $100,000 earlier this year to the ex-chief of   
   staff to Hastings and her lawyer to settle the case, which included   
   accusations of racial and gender discrimination against the   
   Democratic lawmaker.   
      
   The state also hired a private attorney who represented Hastings —   
   for nearly $47,000.   
      
   Though the civil case has been settled, Hastings now faces serious   
   new personal accusations from his estranged wife that recently came   
   into public view and have threatened to derail his once-promising   
   political career.   
      
   According to police records obtained by WBEZ, Hastings’s wife told   
   officers last year that, in 2020, he put her in a headlock and   
   repeatedly slammed her into a door. Hastings has denied the   
   accusations.   
      
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