Springfield commission votes to release report on disgraced ex-state Rep. Harry Benton this month

A Springfield commission voted Thursday to release a state government watchdog’s report on the conduct of a disgraced suburban lawmaker who resigned earlier this month after a series of sexual harassment allegations. The legislative inspector general’s report on ex-state Rep. Harry Benton, D-Plainfield, is expected to be made public by the end of the month, following the unanimous vote from the General Assembly’s bipartisan Legislative Ethics Commission. Calls for its release have grown in the…