The Republican candidate for Attorney General, Erika Harold, told farmers and other members of the Agricultural Legislative Roundtable that she’d make fighting public corruption and drafting legislation to reform workers compensation laws a priority in her first 100 days. She criticized her Democratic opponent, state Senator Kwame (KWAH-mee) Raoul (rah-OOL), for introducing legislation that would amend state administrative law and allow any person that feels adversely affected by a state agency to sue;

 

 

 

Raoul says he’d make an assessment of the Attorney General’s office to retain talent and begin rooting out internet predators his priorities for his first 100 days. As far as legislation that some thought would bring frivolous lawsuits on such things as approving a new or expanded location of a livestock farm approved by the Illinois Department of Agriculture, he says once he heard from opponents, he decided not to pursue the proposed law's passage;

 

 

 

Following his formal presentation, Raoul criticized Harold as someone who has no experience dealing with workmen’s compensation matters, while he does as a lawmaker and former prosecutor. The two did agree that they both would have an advisory panel to advise them on agricultural and rural issues. Harold, who hails from the Champaign area, and Raoul, who grew up and represents a state senate district in Chicago, participated in the candidate forum Wednesday afternoon on a farm outside of the Bloomington-Normal area.