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Plaintiffs in retiree health insurance suit respond to Madigan's motion to dismiss
The Illinois Constitution’s Pension and Benefits Protection Clause does not limit “benefits” to retirement income, a handful of state retirees assert. -
Campaign cash flowing into Beiser-Smith House match
Smith Last week State Rep. Dan Beiser (D-Alton) raked in more than $100,000 in contributions that came largely from labor groups. -
Burkart: Napp should double check facts
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Debate over merit selection continues; recusal, public financing proposals pushed in meantime
Thies Although an Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) committee is working to come up with recommendations on judicial recusal standards, the bar group has long history of supporting merit selection. -
Panelists discuss age-old debate over judicial reform
From left to right: Thies, Young, Gladstein and DiVito Although he wasn't rapping about judicial elections, the late Notorious B.I.G. may have pinpointed one of the major problems facing the judiciary in his 1997 single, "Mo Money, Mo Problems." -
Rudderless ship breeds pension failure
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Fifth District reverses Madison County ruling over electric service contracts
Stewart A Highland business had the right to change its electric delivery service from Ameren to a municipally-owned utility after its contract with the utility giant expired, the Fifth District Appellate Court held this month. -
Quinn signs law to improve safety of Illinois judges
Madigan Illinois judges will soon be able to request the removal of their personal information from websites and other documents available to the public. -
Quinn OKs cuts to probation funding in Supreme Court's budget
Dallas Probation departments throughout the state managed to avoid additional cuts under the Illinois Supreme Court's Fiscal Year 2013 budget this past weekend. -
Probation departments could see cuts in state funding next year
Judy Dallas Probation departments throughout the state could find themselves with less money next year. Under one of several budget bills approved by the Illinois General Assembly last month, funding for the state's probation services would drop by about $8 million in Fiscal Year 2013, which begins July 1. -
Quinn signs bill to clear up court's 2010 Provena ruling
Quinn Gov. Patrick J. Quinn today put his stamp of approval on a handful of Medicaid-related bills, including one proposed in direct response to a 2010 Illinois Supreme Court ruling over property tax exemptions for non-profit hospitals. -
IHA praises Gov. Quinn, lawmakers
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Defense counsel group elects new president
Even though his term as president of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (IDC) only lasts one year, Chicago attorney R. Howard Jump wants to plan for the group's future. -
Chicago legal giant, past ITLA president dies
Corboy Chicago trial lawyer Philip Corboy, co-founder of Corboy & Demetrio P.C. and a past president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers' Association (ITLA), died early Tuesday in his home in Chicago. He was 87 years old.