June 5, 2015
Illinois House Passes Workers’ Comp Reform, GOP Says It Falls Short From the Peoria Journal Star Partisan divisions remained in full view Thursday as Democrats in the House passed what they said were...
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Kansas Links Court Funding To Judicial Rulings From the Wall Street Journal Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed legislation that would eliminate funding for the state’s courts if they overturn a...
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Union Protesters Disrupt Rauner Stop In Southern Illinois From the Associated Press A southern Illinois speech meant to build public support for Gov. Bruce Rauner's legislative agenda amid a budget...
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More Finger-pointing, Little Progress At Statehouse From the Bloomington Pantagraph Illinois lawmakers spent a hot day in the Capitol on Tuesday debating the merits of freezing Illinois property taxes....
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Who Won't Get Paid If The Illinois Budget Stalemate Drags On From Crain's Chicago Business One day after Gov. Bruce Rauner harshly criticized the ethics of Democratic legislative leaders, his appointee...
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Five Associate Judges Not Reappointed In Third Circuit From the Alton Telegraph A major shakeup is afoot in the Third Judicial Circuit. Five associate judges in the Third Judicial Circuit, which...
View ArticleBench Cleared: 5 Madison County Judges And 1 From St. Clair Voted Out
From the Belleville News-Democrat One St. Clair County associate judge and five Madison County associate judges will be looking for new jobs come July 1. The circuit judges who vote on whether to keep...
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Rauner, Public Unions Not Close On Contracts From the Associated Press The contracts for more than 40,000 Illinois state workers will expire at the end of the month, and their unions and Republican...
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United Pays $1 Million To Settle Disabled-Workers Suit From Crain's Chicago Business In a case the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider, United Airlines Inc. has reached a $1 million settlement with...
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Senator Upset After Being Barred From Work Camp Visit From the Southern Illinoisan A Southern Illinois senator is angry that Gov. Bruce Rauner isn't allowing him to visit one of the state facilities he...
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Relocating Red-light Camera Case A No-go From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin In a state where allegations of political corruption are nothing new, 12 impartial jurors can be found to serve in the trial...
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Illinois Among Top States In Creating Businesses From Crain's Chicago Business So much for the jobs-killer rep—when it comes to states that are growing new businesses, Illinois is among the top U.S....
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Rigging Contract Rules In Illinois From the Wall Street Journal The state reform story of the year is in Illinois, where new Governor Bruce Rauner is trying to fix the broken fisc. To appreciate what...
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Hinz: Springfield Just Goes Through The Motions As Train Wreck Nears From Crain's Chicago Business With just a week and a day to go before the state begins a new fiscal year without a budget, a...
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Rauner Battling Unions On A Second Front: A New Contract From the Chicago Tribune As Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner remains locked in a stalemate with Democratic lawmakers over his pro-business,...
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Metra, Other Agencies May Be Fined For Missing Safety System Deadline From the Chicago Tribune Metra will likely face fines or other penalties for failing to meet a federally mandated deadline for...
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Rauner Vetoes state Budget, Cites $4 Billion Deficit From the Springfield State Journal-Register Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed the remainder of the state's operations budget Thursday, saying it was out of...
View ArticleJune 29, 2015
Budget Battle Could Mean Payday Delay For Illinois Judges, Staffs From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin State court judges and staff may have to wait a while for their paychecks after July 1. Gov. Bruce...
View ArticleJune 30, 2015
Will Supreme Court Ruling In Arizona Case Clean Up Illinois Politics? From the Chicago Sun-Times The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday OK’d an Arizona independent redistricting commission, a ruling with...
View ArticleJuly 1, 2015
Madigan: General Assembly To Vote On 30-day Essential Services Budget From Reboot Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on Tuesday said the General Assembly will vote Wednesday on a 30-day budget to...
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