WagnerSt. Clair County Associate Judge Christopher Kolker has denied fees and penalties sought by an East St. Louis civic activist in a Freedom of Information Act-related lawsuit he brought against the city last year.Kolker had previously dismissed a portion of the suit that Matt Hawkins brought seeking ouster of several East St. Louis officials for their alleged failure to turn over documents concerning
A defendant in a Madison County auto accident case prevailed in a counter-claim against a fellow defendant in a two-day jury trial in Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder's court.
St. Clair County Associate Judge Ellen Dauber resolved a family dispute over a funeral without listening to one side, according to a suit in U.S. district court.
An attorney with the St. Louis firm Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan say that a new initiative announced by the Internal Revenue Service is expected to lead to a substantial increase in the number of U.S. taxpayers coming forward to report undisclosed foreign accounts.
Can you imagine Speaker of the House Mike Madigan at the Argosy Casino in Alton or the Casino Queen in East St. Louis? He’d be the guy at the highest-priced table, losing every hand and signing markers nonstop, always needing a fresh infusion of chips.