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St. Clair County judge orders Comptroller to pay state employees July 15
St. Clair County Circuit Judge Robert LeChien ordered Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger to pay 43,000 state employees on July 15, despite the lack of a state appropriation. At a hearing on July 9, LeChien said he would adopt findings of fact and conclusion of law that public employee union counsel Stephen Yokich of Chicago proposed. -
Most state workers to go unpaid; Judge says no to full wages without a budget
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger plans to appeal a judge’s ruling that state employees who work during a no-budget shutdown can be paid only minimum federal wage — $7.25 an hour — plus overtime. Munger, R-Lincolnshire, said she was disappointed by and respectfully disagrees with the ruling issued by Judge Diane Joan Larsen on Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court. "My office will soon file an appeal to today's decision,” the comptroller said. Attorney General Lisa Madigan, D-Ch -
Illinois fails to measure nonprofit spending, policy expert says
While the Illinois state government gives billions of dollars to nonprofit organizations over the course of an ordinary budget year, there is little oversight of how the organizations spend those dollars, says Kristina Rasmussen, executive vice president of the Illinois Policy Institute. “They give that money with the best intentions, hoping it will help carry out some of the priorities they have deemed to be important,” Rasmussen said. -
More money flows into Fifth District race as election approaches
Cates Candidates in the race for the Fifth District Appellate Court have received more money in the past month than during the most recent three-month reporting period. -
7th Circuit hammers Krislov in denying rehearing in Sears class action
Krislov CHICAGO – Attorney Clinton Krislov has taken a second pounding from the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. -
Legal fees top $2.2 million in '09 for some state offices
State government offices spent at least $2.2 million in legal fees in 2009, according to the website IllinoisOpenGov.org.