February 24, 2015
Tribune Editorial: Right-To-Work And Illinois From the Chicago Tribune For more than six decades, talk of a right-to-work law — which backers say would make Illinois more competitive for jobs — was...
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Fight At US Supreme Court Over Health Law Affects Illinois From the Associated Press A case being heard at the U.S. Supreme Court next week challenges health insurance subsidies for more than 270,000...
View ArticleIllinois House Panel On Legal Issues Will Be Divided
From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin After two years under one umbrella, the Illinois House’s lawyer-heavy Judiciary Committee will split into two panels to review criminal and civil matters separately...
View ArticleFebruary 26, 2015
Federal Court Dismisses Defendants In Asbestos Case For Lack Of Personal Jurisdiction From the Madison County Record U.S. District Judge Staci M. Yandle dismissed five defendants in an asbestos...
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More Than 200 Asbestos Cases Set For Trial Next Week In Madison County From the Madison County Record Two hundred nine asbestos cases are set for trial beginning March 2 in Madison County Circuit...
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Lawmakers Aim To Fix Election System From the Peoria Journal Star State lawmakers are trying to remedy what they see as a broken election system that takes too long, is too invasive and has too much...
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Rauner Targets Unions In Lake County Speech In Mundelein From the Chicago Daily Herald His speech was officially about empowering the people of Illinois, but Gov. Bruce Rauner repeatedly targeted labor...
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State School Superintendent Warns Of 'Perfect Storm' For Districts From the Associated Press As lawmakers consider revamping Illinois' outdated school funding formula, the state superintendent warned...
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New Illinois Medicaid Chief Pledges To Crack Down On Benefits To Dead People From the Southern Illinoisan The new director of Illinois' Medicaid program pledged Tuesday to crack down on the number of...
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Unions Sue To Block Rauner's Order On Dues Collection From the Associated Press Illinois labor unions filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to invalidate Gov. Bruce Rauner's executive order ending a...
View ArticleMarch 9, 2015
Blue State Turnaround Artist From the Wall Street Journal The sclerosis in Illinois is perhaps best illustrated by Gov. Bruce Rauner ’s attempt to fix up the state’s executive mansion, a brick...
View ArticleMarch 10, 2015
Illinois Official Says Work To Cut Local Governments Begins This Week From Reuters A new task force charged with cutting some of Illinois' nearly 7,000 local governments, the highest number of any U.S....
View ArticleMarch 11, 2015
Illinois Supreme Court To Hear Arguments On Pension Law From the Chicago Tribune More than a year of legal wrangling over Illinois' attempt to curb benefits in the nation's most underfunded pension...
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Illinois Justices Press State's Lawyer On Pension Overhaul From the Associated Press Illinois Supreme Court justices asked the state's lawyer to explain Wednesday how the government can seek...
View ArticleMarch 13, 2015
Judge: 'Impending Sense Of Doom' Could Force State Budget Fix From the Chicago Daily Herald Time is running out for lawmakers and Gov. Bruce Rauner to find a budget fix that will allow the state to...
View ArticleMarch 16, 2015
Illinois FOIA Appeal Process Hampered By Years-long Backlog From the Associated Press After the scandal that sent former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to prison, lawmakers adopted a raft of reforms...
View ArticleMarch 17, 2015
Supreme Court Tweaks Rules On Cameras In Court From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Judges who let news cameras in trial courtrooms will have to provide specific summaries of the experience under a set...
View ArticleMarch 18, 2015
Illinois Courts Notify Workers Of Possible Layoffs From the Associated Press Just two weeks remain before money to keep Illinois courts operating runs out, and a judge in the western part of the state...
View ArticleMarch 19, 2015
ATRA Calls Durbin’s Newly Proposed READ Act A ‘Trade-off’ For FACT Act Legislation From the Madison County Record Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate last week that would...
View ArticleMarch 20, 2015
Rauner Orders State Agencies To Start Diverting Union 'Fair Share' Dues From the Associated Press Gov. Bruce Rauner, indomitable in attempts to eliminate fees paid to unions by workers who choose not...
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