August 15, 2014
Group Continues Fight To Put Term Limits On Ballot From the Associated Press A group that wants to put legislative term limits on the November ballot told an Illinois appeals court Thursday that voters...
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'Fort Knox' Security For Illinois Medical Marijuana From the Associated Press Medical marijuana in Illinois will be encased in vaults, monitored by security guards and protected by...
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Blagojevich, State Corruption Feature In Ruling From the Associated Press A U.S. appeals court took on the issue of Illinois corruption under now-imprisoned former Gov. Rod Blagojevich as it revived a...
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by Lisa Rickard, US Chamber of Commerce Former plaintiffs’ superlawyer Stanley Chesley spent his 50-year career claiming to find justice for millions of his class-action clients, and from these efforts...
View ArticleAugust 20, 2014
Illinois Residents Sue Over Prairie State Coal Plant From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Electric customers in Batavia, Ill., are suing promoters of the Prairie State Energy Campus, accusing them of...
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Term Limits Plan Fails Second Test From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin A plan to ask voters to limit state legislators to eight years in office does not meet constitutional muster, an appeals court...
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How Illinois Small Businesses Perceive The States Overall "Friendliness" From Reboot Illinois In Illinois, the State Government is failing to give small business any good vibes. Small businesses are...
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Debate Continues Over Success Of Health Coverage Signups In Illinois From the Springfield State Journal-Register The Get Covered Illinois campaign “successfully extended health coverage to over...
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Chicago And 2 California Counties Sue Over Marketing Of Painkillers From the New York Times As the country struggles to combat the growing abuse of heroin and opioid painkillers, a new battlefield is...
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Man Sentenced To Five Years For Stalking DuPage County Judge From the Chicago Sun-Times A west suburban man has been sentenced to five years in prison for stalking a DuPage County Circuit Court judge...
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Baxter Denies Report HQ Moving To Boston From the Chicago Sun-Times Baxter International Inc. is denying a media report the Deerfield-based health care products company is planning a headquarters move...
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Court Rules State Retirees Can Stop Paying Health Insurance Premiums From the Springfield State Journal-Register State government retirees will no longer have health insurance premiums deducted from...
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Domination Of Illinois' Workforce Becomes Campaign Issue From the Springfield State Journal-Register In 1942, the first union locals of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees...
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Panel Rules Brookfield Zoo Not Immune From PI Suits From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin The 1st District Appellate Court has reversed the dismissal of a personal-injury suit against Brookfield Zoo...
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Chief Judge In McLean County Retiring From WMBD-TV McLean County Chief Circuit Court Judge Elizabeth Robb announced her retirement at the end of the year. Robb, who has served on the bench for 22...
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Judge: Insurance Ruling Will Factor Into Pension Reform Decision From the Springfield State Journal-Register A Sangamon County judge said Thursday that a recent Illinois Supreme Court decision on state...
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Illinois Pension Debt Rate Nation’s Worst, Moody's Report Says From the Associated Press Illinois’ pension liability as a percentage of state revenue is far and away the nation’s highest, according to...
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Illinois Employers To Lay Off More Than 2,000 Employees In Coming Months From the Chicago Tribune Illinois employers warned they will lay off more than 2,000 employees in the coming months, according...
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Napoli Leaders Talk About Past Mistakes, Future Plans For New York Firm’s Madison County Asbestos Lung Cancer Cases From the Madison County Record Just two years after opening an office in Madison...
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McGlynn And Rudolf Vying For Seat Once Held By Drug-addicted Judge; Fund-raising So Far Not Close To What Cook Raised During Uncontested Race From the Madison County Record When Michael Cook ran...
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