Quinn backs away from description of hiring fix

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn isn’t directly answering questions about why his administration offered conflicting statements about fixing improper political hiring at the Illinois Department of Transportation.

A good-government campaigner sued Quinn in April, saying IDOT wrongly gave jobs based on clout, not qualifications.

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