August 26, 2015
Assistant State's Attorney In Kane County Charged With DUI In DuPage From the Chicago Tribune A Kane County prosecutor is due in court in September after her arrest this month in DuPage County on...
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Judge Scolds State Officials Over Budget Impasse From the Associated Press A federal judge in Chicago has scolded Illinois officials for not fully complying with her order that they pay providers of...
View ArticleBaricevic, Haida And LeChien Spurn Retention Vote, Will Run In General Election
From the Belleville News-Democrat Judges John Baricevic, Robert Haida and Robert LeChien have filed paperwork that they will retire in December 2016 but will run for their judges’ jobs in the November...
View ArticleAugust 28, 2015
Class Action Lawsuit Targets Automakers For Keyless Ignition Dangers From ABC News Ten of the world’s largest automakers are facing a consumer class action lawsuit filed early Wednesday morning in...
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Illinois Investigates State Parole Board Members' Bankruptcies From the Associated Press Illinois is investigating bankruptcy filings by two state parole board members after recent newspaper reports...
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Moody's: No Budget Shows 'Weak Governance' In Illinois From the Associated Press A major credit rating agency is warning legislators and Gov. Bruce Rauner to reach a budget agreement by late September...
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Illinois House Gears Up For Override Of Union-strike Veto From the Associated Press One of the subplots of the summer-long Illinois budget standoff will take center stage this week with a likely...
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Rauner Wins Labor Battle As Madigan's Veto Override Fails From Crain's Chicago Business In a bizarre twist to a most unusual political day, the Illinois House has sustained Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of...
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Former Schock Aide Says He Saw Warning Signs From the Peoria Journal-Star As the investigation into finances of former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock progresses, a former top aide has been sharing his story of...
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Don't Look Now, But Illinois Has Another Deficit From Crain's Chicago Business We all have read a lot in the past few years about Illinois' two major financial deficits. There is a large mismatch...
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Illinois High Court Poised To Examine Three Blockbuster Cases From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin This could be a month to remember at the Illinois Supreme Court. In its upcoming term, the state’s top...
View ArticleSurvey: Illinois’ Lawsuit Climate Hits All-Time Low, Ranks Among Nation’s Worst
From the US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform Illinois’ lawsuit climate is among the worst in the country at number 48 out of 50, an all-time low ranking for the state, according to a new national...
View ArticleSeptember 10, 2015
Madigan May Be Starting To Lose His Iron Grip From the Chicago Tribune Madigan may be starting to lose his iron grip The only can to get kicked down the road last week was Mike Madigan's. For three...
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Survey: Illinois Among Least Fair States To Sued Firms From the Associated Press West Virginia, Louisiana and Illinois are the three worst states in perceived fairness to sued businesses, according to...
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New Political Map-making Push Gains Ground, Concerns From the Chicago Tribune For years, good-government advocates have pushed for a new way to draw Illinois House and Senate district boundaries to...
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Health-care Payments Stopped For State Employees' Self-insured Plans From the Springfield State Journal-Register Citing the state budget impasse, an agency controlled by Gov. Bruce Rauner has stopped...
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Illinois Stops Health Claims Payments For 146,000 Workers From the Associated Press Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration has stopped paying health care claims for at least 146,000 state workers because...
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Claims For Medicare Advantage Members Undisturbed By State Budget Impasse From the Springfield State Journal-Register Doctors and hospitals serving almost 70,000 retired state workers and dependents...
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Chicago Named 7th Most Expensive City -- In The World From the Chicago Tribune Hey, Chicago. It's cheaper to live in Tokyo. Or so says a report released this week by UBS that lists Chicago as the 7th...
View ArticleSeptember 21, 2015
Mitsubishi Motors Prepares To Close Normal, Ill., Plant After Failing To Find Buyer From Reuters Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp. has started preparing for the closure of its sole U.S. factory after...
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