State Sen. Michael Hastings has stepped down from an unpaid Democratic leadership role in the state Senate following revelations he filed a court petition against a suburban police department regarding the release of “a fabricated police report with false claims” of domestic violence against him alleged by his wife.
While Hastings, a Frankfort resident, resigned as the whip for the Democratic Majority caucus, he did not step down from his post as chair of the Senate’s Energy and Public Utilities Committee. That role pays him more than $11,000; he also receives a base Senate salary of nearly $73,000 a year, state records show.
In a letter sent Friday to Democratic Senate President Don Harmon, Hastings noted that Harmon requested the resignation.
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