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Poshard harassment, retaliation suit set for settlement conference in March
EAST ST. LOUIS – Kristen Poshard, who claims Madison County fired her for resisting harassment by former county board member Phil Chapman, will try to settle with Chapman and the county next month. -
Union members’ BIPA claims must be resolved through collective bargaining, Rosenstengel rules
EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel dismissed nine union members from a privacy invasion action against nursing homes on Dec. 14, leaving two plaintiffs to carry on. -
Hulme and Dorman challenge terminations citing violation of Open Meetings Act
EDWARDSVILLE – Former Madison County administrator Doug Hulme and former information technology director Rob Dorman claim their terminations violate the Open Meetings Act. -
Give Mancini the info and hold him accountable
Do we want transparent government? Of course, we do. -
A tale of two speakers
We wonder if Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan is following the career of New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. -
The Obama standard: Has it been met?
So, before shedding a tear of praise and applauding the cheerful and blind optimism of the Obamas and the Obama third-term-wannabe, I want the grandparents, parents and teens in Detroit, Chicago, Spartanburg (S.C.), Houston, Greenville (S.C.), Atlanta, Saginaw (Mich.), Memphis and St. Louis (nine cities labeled as “war zones” by most) to grade Michelle’s self-proclaimed reason to exist. Have they “left something better” for your kids and grandkids? -
Cook failed to recognize prisoner’s claim for ineffective assistance of counsel, Fifth District rules
MOUNT VERNON – Former St. Clair County judge Michael Cook rejected a prison petition that deserved a closer look, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on June 29. -
Is Steve Diamond blowing the whistle or tooting his own horn?
Is the whistleblower motivated by a sincere desire to expose wrongdoing and see justice done, or is he merely a disgruntled ex-employee or dissatisfied former customer seeking revenge for some imagined slight or inconvenience? -
Illinois day care regulations burden working mothers, fail to make children safe
Illinois’ overly restrictive rules governing day care facilities drive up costs and make high-quality child care unaffordable for many families, while doing nothing to enhance child safety. -
Barberis upheld by Fifth District in underinsured motorist dispute; Farmers Insurance ordered to pay $75K
An order by Madison County Circuit Judge John Barberis requiring Farmers Automobile Insurance to pay $75,000 in underinsured motorist coverage to a girl struck by a rural postal worker's vehicle has been upheld by the Fifth District Appellate Court. -
False Claims Act case against K-Mart can proceed in SDIL; Tillery team represents plaintiffs
K-Mart can’t argue that customers in its pharmacy discount programs belonged to an organization that qualified for lower prices than the government paid, Seventh Circuit appellate judges ruled in a case from Southern Illinois. -
Judges throughout Illinois would copy St. Clair Co. judges seeking election over retention, lawyer argues at Fourth District
Any Illinois judge would copy St. Clair County judges choosing election over retention if courts allow the choice, lawyer Aaron Weishaar of St. Louis argued at the Fourth District appellate court on June 7. “Who wouldn’t?” -
Challenge to St. Clair County judges' candidacies to be argued next week at appellate court
At issue is whether the judges have the option of running for election over retention. The three judges resigned last August, effective this Dec. 4, creating vacancies they intend to fill through partisan competition in the fall. -
Fifth District reverses finding for defendant in 44-year-old child murder case: Due process for 62-year-old college coach not violated
MOUNT VERNON – St. Clair County Circuit Judge Robert Haida improperly dismissed a murder indictment in the death of a year old child in 972, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on May 19. -
The most unbalanced budget in state history
There is only one way to change the way Illinois state legislature operates: change out Illinois state legislators. -
FOP sues to preserve taxpayer funded union work; Says it promotes ‘harmonious labor-management relations’
State troopers plead in St. Clair County court that the people must continue paying them for thousands of hours they devote to their union. -
Arbitrator rules for Rauner over AFSCME; Government layoffs did not impair state's contract with the union
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Bruce Rauner did not impair the state’s contract with its largest union when he notified employees that he would lay them off, arbitrator Thomas Sonneborn ruled on March 14. -
Illinois now home to the highest sales tax in the Midwest
Whether buying diapers, drills or dungarees, the average Illinoisan pays higher sales taxes than any other Midwesterner, according to a March 9 report released by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation. -
Amco Insurance counter sues Jenny's Uniform Shop owner's husband claiming fire was intentionally set
Former federal judge Patrick Murphy, representing a Marion business that sued to collect insurance on a fire, must answer an allegation that the owner’s husband started the fire. -
The longest ball game ever
What's the longest game in baseball history?