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State appeals judge's order preserving Madison County's at-large judicial elections
The state is appealing a ruling that stays the redistricting of Madison County's judiciary. -
Judge grants TRO in Haine’s lawsuit over gerrymandering of Madison County’s judiciary
SPRINGFIELD – A Sangamon County judge on Jan. 24 granted a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit State’s Attorney Tom Haine filed over the redistricting of Madison County’s judiciary. -
Attorney General Raoul Urges Federal Appeals Court to Protect Transgender Teens’ Access to Health Care
Attorney General Raoul Urges Federal Appeals Court to Protect Transgender Teens’ Access to Health Care. -
Lawsuit over gerrymandering of Madison County's judiciary filed Friday
State's Attorney Tom Haine filed suit in Sangamon County Circuit Court Friday afternoon seeking to stop implementation of a state law passed earlier this month creating subcircuits in Madison County's judiciary. -
Vaccine registry proposal is tops in totalitarianism
Just when you think Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly could not possibly come up with anything more totalitarian than canceling elections in places where opposition to their regime is growing, a member of the super majority came up with one. -
Retired Judge Hackett: Legislators should renounce ‘indefensible assault’ on Madison County judiciary
I will gladly meet with Representative Stuart or Senator Crowe in any public forum to discuss this legislated bombshell. -
Judicial redistricting legislation is 'unmitigated disaster,' AOIC director says in email to chief judges
The director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts called legislation creating subcircuits in Madison County and other courts "an unmitigated disaster." -
Illinois has been subject to Pritzker's emergency powers for nearly 22 months; Where does this power come from?
Illinois’ emergency management statute grants the governor broad powers to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, and the General Assembly has shown no interest in amending it. -
Officials blast 'Chicago machine' judicial power grab in Madison County; 'Diversity was not the objective, they've had control for decades'
GOP officials are objecting to legislation they say was written "by the Chicago machine" to specifically carve out of contention two Madison County Republican circuit judges planning to run this November for the seats they currently occupy by appointment. -
Update on legislative proposal to gerrymander judiciary in Madison and Bond counties
The House Redistricting Committee on Wednesday afternoon passed an amendment that would create new judicial subcircuits in Madison and Bond counties' Third Judicial Circuit. -
Lawmakers are expected to make big changes to judicial circuits across the state, without much public notice
Democrat lawmakers are expected to ram through legislation in Springfield, possibly Wednesday, creating new judicial subcircuits in four state court systems, including Madison and Bond counties' Third Judicial Circuit. -
Attorney General Raoul Highlights New Laws
Attorney General Raoul Highlights New Laws. -
Judges say Dems' partisan power grab in drawing new maps didn't also violate Voting Rights Act
Democrat mapmakers were "motivated by partisan political considerations," a panel of federal judges said, so it doesn't matter that they divided Latino and Black populations up among various districts, rather than maximizing majority minority districts -
Democrats' legislative remap dilutes Illinois minority voting power, lawsuits claim
The plaintiffs representing Black and Latino voters argued Illinois Democrats’ new legislative maps are gerrymandered to break up voting blocs, diluting minority voting power during the next decade. -
Local courts recognized as ‘Everlasting Judicial Hellholes’
The economic impact is staggering. -
IL Dems, challengers spar in court over whose map would result in more Latino, Black lawmakers elected
Republicans and Latino and Black advocates told a panel of federal judges that Illinois Democrats drew a new state legislative district map solely to protect Democratic incumbents and boost their party power, stepping on Black and Latino voting rights in the process. -
Madison, St. Clair and Cook Counties collectively rank No. 5 on 'Judicial Hellholes' report
Madison, St. Clair and Cook Counties together ranked No. 5 in the American Tort Reform Association’s (ATRA) annual “Judicial Hellholes” report, up from last year’s No. 8 ranking. -
Gov. Pritzker Signs Law Empowering Local School Councils
Gov. Pritzker Signs Law Empowering Local School Councils. -
Gov. Pritzker Signs Law Adding Safeguards to Protect Students Against Sexual Abuse
Gov. Pritzker Signs Law Adding Safeguards to Protect Students Against Sexual Abuse. -
Illinois pension shortfall surpasses $500 billion, average debt burden now $110,000 per household
Illinois just reached an alarming milestone: each Illinois household is now on the hook for, on average, $110,000 in government-worker retirement debts. That figure is the result of dividing Illinois’ $530 billion in state and local retirement shortfalls among the state’s 4.9 million households. In 2019, the burden was $90,000 per household.