Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration has released 44 pages of documents from education secretary Beth Purvis' private email account, despite arguing for months that it shouldn't have to do so.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the emails were released Monday after Rauner said using personal email for government business isn't allowed. He was commenting about outgoing University of Illinois Chancellor Phyllis Wise, who used private emails extensively to keep discussions from the public.
The governor's office previously had rejected the newspaper's Freedom of Information Act request for Purvis' private emails, arguing they weren't public.
The emails were between Purvis and outside consultants about education policy in Illinois.
Rauner said on Monday that any disciplinary action for violating his email policy would come on a case-by-case basis.