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Is this the year for an inspector general?

Corrected Jan. 26, 1: 24 p.m.

LEGISLATION HAS been introduced in this year's General Assembly session to create a state Office of Inspector General to provide independent reviews of potential corruption and wasteful government spending. In previous years, such measures have failed to be approved by lawmakers. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CASSIUS SHUMAN

House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi insists he is keeping an “open mind” on the push from some state lawmakers to create an office of inspector general to police corruption and waste, but he is signaling the legislation may have to overcome lingering concerns about cost and ­redundancy. “Prior testimony has shown that there is a

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