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Poor student achievement and near-zero accountability: An indictment of Illinois' public education system
If what follows isn’t an indictment of Illinois’ education establishment, we don’t know what is. Of Decatur’s public school 3rd-graders in 2019, just 2 percent of black and 16 percent of white students could read at grade level. In Rockford, it was 7 percent of black students. In Peoria, 8 percent of blacks. And in Elgin, just 11 percent of Hispanic 3rd-graders could read at grade level. Similar results can be found across the state. -
Chambers USA Recognizes 117 Morgan Lewis Practices, 266 Lawyers in 2022 Edition
Chambers USA Recognizes 117 Morgan Lewis Practices, 266 Lawyers in 2022 Edition. -
SCOTUS: Airline ramp workers exempt from arbitration mandates, more class actions vs transportation employers inbound?
The U.S. Supreme Court says Southwest Airlines ramp workers are involved in interstate commerce, and should be given exemption under federal law from mandatory arbitration clauses in their employment contracts -
Poor student achievement and near-zero accountability
When Wirepoints first dug into the pre-pandemic scores of Decatur 3rd-graders, we thought they’d been misreported. The State Report Card said just 2% of Decatur’s black 3rd-graders could read at grade level. Just 2%? -
Christian SIUE grad student targeted by university officials, suit claims; Classmates allegedly deemed her words ‘micro aggressions’
EAST ST. LOUIS – Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville censored student Maggie DeJong in violation of the U.S. Constitution, according to a complaint she filed in district court on May 31. -
Federal judge approves class definitions in litigation over poultry price fixing allegations
Three groups will get to pursue claims against producers that haven't settled -
Judge: Illinois prejudgment lawsuit interest law unconstitutional
A Cook County judge said the law supported by Democratic state lawmakers and Gov. JB Pritzker illegally interferes with jury rights and authority, while improperly penalizing defendants, and gifting personal injury plaintiffs with special benefits not given to anyone else in Illinois -
UPS driver sues Edwardsville homeowners over dog attack
EDWARDSVILLE – A UPS delivery driver is suing the owners of a dog, following an alleged attack in Edwardsville. -
Illinois voters got just 1 proposed constitutional amendment on ballot in 52 years
During the past decade, state lawmakers have asked to change the Illinois Constitution six times while voters have failed to get any changes on the ballot. In 52 years, Illinoisans have only gotten one amendment question before voters. That needs to change. -
St. Clair County real estate Jan. 31-Feb. 4
An East Saint Louis land parcel sold for $6,660,678 as part of the St. Clair County real estate transactions Jan. 31-Feb. 4. -
Fear & Politics: Judges, lawyers reluctant to defend rights vs guv's, mayors' emergency power amid pandemic
Why have judges and lawyers - including those who bill themselves as defenders of civil liberties - largely deferred to the widespread use of emergency executive power by governors, mayors and others, throughout the Covid pandemic, despite constitutional questions? -
Appeals court: Pritzker 2020 biz closure orders, alone, not enough to allow biz owners to sue for illegal takings
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals rejected yet another challenge to Pritzker's long-running use of emergency executive powers amid the Covid pandemic, saying plaintiffs didn't provide enough to back their sprawling claims that Pritzker trampled their rights -
ACLU, Clearview settle privacy suit over online face scrapes, ban Clearview from IL for 5 years
The settlement of the ACLU's lawsuit also carries nationwide implications for Clearview, extending the reach of Illinois' law over the online facial recognition services provider. The company sells access to its facial ID databases, largely to law enforcement and companies like banks and loss prevention specialists. -
It's not just Illinois homeowners that suffer: Businesses pay some of the nation's highest property taxes too
We recently wrote about how Illinoisans are burdened by the nation’s highest effective property taxes. New research by ATTOM ranked Illinois residential property tax rates as number one in 2021, just ahead of New Jersey. -
The Great Resignation: Legal Issues and Strategies for Navigating the Labor Shortage (Part Two) on April 28, 2022
The Great Resignation: Legal Issues and Strategies for Navigating the Labor Shortage (Part Two) on April 28, 2022. -
Madison County civil docket May 2-6
Madison County judges Ruth, Smith, and Threlkeld have law cases scheduled on the civil docket May 2-6. -
Conservatives need an action plan for November
We need information, guidance and a real leader to help us mobilize and organize. -
Democrats pass campaign finance bill targeting Republican megadonors; Public financing may be on horizon
SPRINGFIELD – Legislators who changed the state’s judicial map last year to preserve a Democratic majority on the Supreme Court passed a campaign finance law last week that could achieve the same purpose. -
Illinois lawmakers should read laws before they pass them
Politicians use a loophole to bypass the Illinois Constitution’s requirement that bills be read on three separate days before they are passed. Instead, they often gut minor bills and put significant legislation in the bills within a day of the vote. -
General Medicine and associated ‘Shell Entities’ allegedly engaged in fraudulent Medicare billing ‘scheme’
The U.S., on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is suing several healthcare groups for allegedly engaging in a Medicare billing “scheme” through a "quantity over quality" policy on patient visits, costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.