State Rep. Michael J. Madigan (D-Ill.)
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Recent News About State Rep. Michael J. Madigan (D-Ill.)
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Republican steps up to challenge AG Madigan
Kim SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is no longer running unopposed for reelection next year. -
Q&A: Proft says no compromise on tax relief, education
Proft The Record talked this week with Republican Dan Proft of Wheaton, a fiscally conservative, pro-life, pro- right to carry candidate for Illinois governor. -
Illinois House approves AG-backed FOIA rewrite
Madigan SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House on Wednesday approved a rewrite of the state's open records law that's aimed at helping the public access public documents. -
Sue where it suits you
Medical malpractice lawsuits today are down 41% in Pennsylvania. -
Possible Madigan governorship draws strong reactions among legal reformers
Madigan SPRINGFIELD - A recent poll indicating that Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is the Democratic frontrunner for governor has some leading tort reform advocates saying they are a bit nervous. -
Madigan presses for FOIA overhaul
Madigan SPRINGFIELD - Illinois government agencies should be fined up to $1,000 each time they refuse to allow citizens to view basic public records, the state attorney general says. -
To do justice under the law
The 1978 comedy "Animal House" is an all time classic, a personal favorite and a fitting movie metaphor for 2009's first column. -
Madigan considered a 'rising star'
Madigan Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan continues to see her political star rise, observers say. -
Con-Con ballot could be major problem
Murnane Election Day is five weeks away and it seems there is brewing what ought to be considered a serious problem with the ballot for the constitutional convention referendum. It's almost, to be honest, as if no one looked at the language of the ballot before it was sent to print and mailed to millions of Illinois voters. -
Lawyers aren't extra-special
The State Supreme Court set a troubling precedent last week when it ruled the state's master roster of lawyers deserves extra-special protection. -
Blagojevich impeachment talks bolstered in Madigan memo
Madigan Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's memo outlining "talking points" for Democratic candidates on how to discuss and make the case for impeaching Governor Rod Blagojevich set Springfield on fire Wednesday. -
The deal Republicans should make on school funding in Illinois
Proft A Democrat Governor proposes tax cuts, however fleeting, and Republican legislative leaders respond by asking, "How's he going to pay for them?" -
Blago sues...
Lawyers, try as they may to masquerade as something other, have a tendency under duress to revert back to their true life form. -
Attack of the tax-eaters
You may have heard-- Governor Rod Blagojevich's giant "gross receipts" tax hike on Illinois businesses lost when it came up for a vote in the Statehouse. -
Vulnerable Venerable
Wyvetter Younge Democrat strategists had hoped the grand dame of the Illinois House, Rep. Wyvetter Younge of East St. Louis, would never have to set foot on the campaign trail. -
Stiff winds
Madigan Is powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan—a trial lawyer himself and regular ally of plaintiff’s causes—cheering for Philip Morris in its pending Illinois Supreme Court battle over the Price verdict? -
House kills med mal sex amendment
Mike Bost (R-Carbondale) Attempts to water down a medical malpractice reform bill were plugged on the State House floor Thursday after a second day of challenge to a bill that would cap non-economic damages at $250,000 for physicians and $500,000 for hospitals. -
Tort reform realpolitik
In a move akin to Tony LaRussa suggesting allegiance to the Cubs, last week powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) indicated that he would—for the first time ever-- consider a measure pushing caps on “pain and suffering” damages in civil lawsuits. -
Time to use that bully pulpit, Governor
Hey Governor, remember us? -
Senate med-mal fiasco confirms two facts
The hard-to-believe behavior of Illinois Senate Democrats last week reveals two facts that advocates of medical liability reform -- indeed any kind of civil justice reform -- need to come to grips with.