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Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs has around $2 billion in unclaimed property. Some of that money might be yours--but you have to check.

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network Former Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford is the subject of another lawsuit from those who used to work for him. Three ex-employees in the treasurer’s office, Patrick Carlson, George Daglas, and Ashvin Lad, claim Rutherford fired them as retaliation for providing evidence against him during an internal probe into sexual harassment allegations...

The special legislative session Thursday in Springfield could lead to a special election for comptroller in 2016. State Sen. Matt Murphy (R-Palatine) says the future of the comptroller's and treasurer's offices should be consolidation. “I'd just hate for us to get bogged down in a legal battle over this and take our eye of the ball,” which, Murphy says, would be the combination of the two offices,

Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network Insert joke about Chicago here. The Tom Cross campaign for treasurer – with Cross barely ahead of competitor Mike Frerichs a week after Election Day – says some people are recorded as voting more than once...

While perhaps not as tight as the gubernatorial fight in Illinois, the race for Illinois Treasurer also has been a single-digit race for most of the year, with Republican Tom Cross leading Democrat Mike Frerichs. Neither candidate previously has run for statewide office, which might explain why a recent Tribune poll indicated about 20 percent of voters still are undecided...

Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford is a frequent guest with "RIley & Scot" and we've often discussed the Unclaimed Property Auctions that his offices organizes. This week another auction is underway with a number of interesting items. Ru ...

CHICAGO (AP) — The two candidates running for the job of state comptroller differ on a big issue hovering over the office. That's whether to eliminate the post by merging it with the treasurer's office. Republican incumbent Judy Baar Topinka says combining offices saves money...

Might you have hundreds or thousands of dollars waiting to be claimed? It's possible, and Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford wants to make sure you know one way or the other. Rutherford will be on live this afternoon and tonight with our news partners at Eyewitness News WTVO-TV & WQRF-TV for an I-Cash telethon.  ...