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House squashes 'Lawsuit Loan Shark' bill
Akin The waning days of the 96th General Assembly have been a major departure from a typical lame-duck session. The death penalty, pension reform, worker's compensation reform and tax increases are just a few of the big ticket items brought up during the lame duck session. -
ISBA: Governor should sign death penalty abolition bill
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Lawsuit Loan Shark bill fails on amendment vote
Hoffman SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A 'Lawsuit Loan Shark' bill failed by a large margin during a House floor vote Thursday night. -
Message from Springfield: We Heard You Loud and Clear, Illinois
Proft You wanted tax relief. -
Kilbride retention has lasting effects on state's political landscape
Lousin With Democrats in firm control of state government, Abe Lincoln's stovepipe hat will likely not be needed to settle partisan gamesmanship that will shape the state's political landscape for the next 10 years. -
Hoffman not truthful on audit vote
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Kay: Springfield has failed us
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Taxpayer coalition: Demand pension reform
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STAR Bonds a distraction to state's serious challenges
Haine The current fiscal environment simply does not allow the State to grant lavish new incentives for a single, speculative real estate project. The proposed STAR Bonds development is simply too risky. -
Let's hope atrazine lawsuits go away faster than asbestos
While the Madison County asbestos meter continues to spin like some kind of hyper-active Las Vegas slot machine, there is a chance another one of the trial lawyer "get richer quicker" schemes from the "A" file may be handed a "get out of our court" card, which is similar to a "get out of jail free" card from Monopoly but much more significant. -
Illinois Supreme Court justice could face retention battle
Kilbride The demise of medical malpractice reform and the upcoming battle over legislative redistricting could factor into a key Illinois Supreme Court retention race in November. -
Haine's floodplain bill is 'mind-boggling'
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Murnane: Illinois med-mal caps bill likely to die
Murnane SPRINGFIELD (Legal Newsline)-Illinois lawmakers will not likely give voters the opportunity -- at least this year -- to allow the General Assembly to adopt caps on medical malpractice awards, a leading tort reform advocate said. -
Luechtefeld introduces amendment to keep high court from overturning 'caps'
Luechtefeld State Sen. Dave Luechtefeld (R-Okawville) has introduced a constitutional amendment to keep the Illinois Supreme Court from overturning future medical malpractice reform laws. -
STAR bonds bill tabled in committee; new bill raises three new local taxes
SPRINGFIELD – Developers seeking state sponsorship of a $300 million amusement venue and shopping mall in Glen Carbon have a financial plan that would raise three new local taxes. -
Selectively Separated
Adomite It's really simple: According to Section 1 of Article II of the Illinois Constitution, The legislative, executive and judicial branches are separate. No branch shall exercise powers properly belonging to another. Call it Separation of Powers, it's a basic tenet of constitutional government you learn in the 8th grade. -
Response to Kay on state pension reform
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Rolling Snake Eyes
Hopkins The General Assembly played a game of chance with the Court, hoping that the provisions of the bill creating checks on the virtually non regulated medical liability insurance industry - the real villain in this drama - would blind the Justices to patent Constitutional infirmities.