Kristin Richards has spent 18 years in public carrier, main just about two dozen state companies and dealing for 2 governors and two state Senate presidents. She’ll want to draw on all that have in her newest task, taking on the beleaguered Illinois Department of Employment Security in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic that has left greater than one million Illinoisans unemployed. Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday appointed Richards, leader of team of workers to state Senate President Don Harmon, to the high-pressure publish, pronouncing she is “keenly aware of the economic hardship too many are facing.” In saying Richards’ appointment, Pritzker said “these are not normal times.” “As Illinoisans have faced unimaginable hardship due to the