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McGlynn rejects Alliance request for East St. Louis voter records
Hawkins East St. Louis Alliance for Change Leader Matt Hawkins plans to take another route to gain a courtroom victory -
Hylla raises about $23K - nearly equal to that raised by all others on retention ballot
Hylla Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla raised almost the same amount of individual contributions that the three other local judges seeking retention received collectively between April 1 and June 30, records show. -
Cates outraises, outspends McGlynn in last quarter for Fifth District seat
Cates Swansea attorney Judy Cates raised more than 10 times the amount of campaign contributions as her Republican opponent for the Fifth District Appellate Court in the same three month period, records show. -
Three Madison County judges raise $22,000 for retention campaigns; Most money came from candidates
Callis Three of the four candidates seeking retention to the Madison County bench raised a combined total of about $22,000 between April 1 and June 30, campaign contribution records show. -
Republicans ask Illinois SC to reconsider denial of redistricting challenge
Cross The state's top Republican leaders on Thursday asked the Illinois Supreme Court to reconsider its June decision denying their attempt to revive a constitutional challenge to the Democratic-drawn legislative maps. -
Chicago money pours into 5th District Appellate Court race; Race pits Democrat Cates against Republican McGlynn
Cates Nearly $55,000 has made its way into the 5th District Appellate Court race since April and the majority of that money landed in Democrat Judy Cates' campaign coffers with the help of about a dozen Chicago lawyers and law firms. -
Supreme Court denies Republicans' redistricting motion
Thomas The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday denied two top Republican leaders' request to file a motion for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief as an original action in their challenge to the Democratic-drawn redistricting maps. -
Judges seeking retention running individual campaigns
Callis Third Circuit judges seeking retention in November are running individual campaigns, unlike a team approach that was in place six years ago. -
Madison League seeks to 'polish' county's image
A newly formed group that says its goal is to inform voters about the performance of local government and public institutions is championing bi-partisanship as a model of good government in Madison County. -
Crowder leads in fund-raising among circuit judges up for retention
Crowder Madison County Circuit Court Judge Barbara Crowder is top in fund-raising among the four circuit judges seeking retention in the Third Judicial Circuit. -
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Crowder fundraiser to be held at Lewis & Clark Community College
Crowder Madison County Circuit Court Judge Barbara Crowder's campaign committee is hosting a fund-raiser at the Lewis & Clark Community College on March 28. -
Lopinot says he will need to raise $50K in election; Duebbert says race could cost up to $200K
Lopinot St. Clair County Associate Judge Vincent Lopinot says he will need to raise $50,000 to fend off a challenge in the fall from Republican rival Ronald Duebbert. -
20th Circuit features two judicial contests in '12
Cruse Judicial contests in Madison and St. Clair counties, rarities in recent elections, are helping to shape the 2012 political landscape. -
Asbestos and class action firms donating to Cates in appellate court campaign
Cates Asbestos and class action attorneys are contributing in a big way to the campaign of Fifth District Appellate Court candidate Judy Cates of Swansea. -
Harrison to hear requests to alter 2013 asbestos trial date settings
Harrison Madison County Associate Judge Clarence Harrison will hear requests for changes to a preliminary order assigning trial weeks for the 2013 asbestos docket on March 26. -
Crowder returned $30K campaign contributions on Dec. 16
Crowder Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder returned $30,000 in campaign contributions she received last month from lawyers at the top three local asbestos firms. -
Harrison settles in as head of Madison County asbestos docket
Harrison Settling in as head of the nation's busiest state court asbestos docket, Madison County Associate Judge Clarence Harrison reassured lawyers packed into his small second floor courtroom on Wednesday, "Things will fit into place." -
Crowder receives $30K in campaign contributions last week
Lawyers from the three largest Madison County asbestos firms contributed $30,000 to asbestos Judge Barbara Crowder's campaign committee last week. -
Two Republicans vying for Romani's seat in primary; No Democratic challenge to Napp
Rabe Another attorney is seeking election to the Third Judicial Circuit and soon-to-be-vacant seat of retiring Judge Charles V. Romani, Jr.