Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Wednesday, August 16, 2017.
A former Miss America is running against attorney general Lisa Madigan
Attorney and former Miss America Erika Harold announced that she is running for Illinois attorney general in 2018. Harold, 37, will challenge incumbent attorney general Lisa Madigan if she wins the Republican primary. The Urbana resident works for the Meyer Capel law firm and ran for Congress in 2014. [Associated Press via Sun-Times]
