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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. -
Bidens owe SimmonsCooper $1 million in hedge fund deal
NEW YORK CITY – Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden and brother James Biden owe $1 million to SimmonsCooper law firm of East Alton from a hedge fund buyout that fell apart in 2006. -
W.R. Grace proved bankruptcy didn't have to happen
Three years ago, Sen. Joe Biden and other Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee argued that if Congress created an asbestos trust fund, plaintiffs would immediately wipe it out and resume suing in state courts. -
SimmonsCooper invests in Democratic race for Delaware governor
DOVER, Del. - In the last seven weeks of a Democratic primary contest for governor, SimmonsCooper law firm of East Alton contributed $34,600 to candidate Jack Markell who wound up defeating candidate John Carney by 1,737 votes. -
Sarah, Get Your Gun!
Froman This week's treatment of Sarah Palin has been an appalling display of sexism and elitism. But the hatchet-men are in for a rude awakening. -
Asbestos giant SimmonsCooper spent big on Sen. Biden
Delaware AG Beau Biden SimmonsCooper attorneys, staff and relatives contributed more than $160,000 to campaigns of Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden after the firm began filing asbestos suits through a Delaware firm that employed Biden's son, Beau Biden. -
'Audacity of Arrogance' applies to senators
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Excerpts: Gilbert digs deep in decision to dismiss Travelers PPO suit
BENTON – U.S. District Judge Philip Gilbert didn't just read briefs as he pondered whether to dismiss a class action suit against Travelers Insurance. -
The Audacity of Arrogance: The Fresh Prince of Hot Air
Hopkins The problem, therefore, dear readers, is not that he is black, but that he's green. -
A pay raise for this legislature?
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How bipartisan is Obama?
Ted Frank With Senator Barack Obama all but clinching the Democratic nomination, he begins the pivot to the center for the general election to better position himself to independents. -
Will Obama get 'Swift-boated'?
Dan Proft While Archimedes-in-a-pantsuit tries to rewrite the laws of mathematics, the rest of the nation has properly begun to weigh the Presidential contest between Sens. McCain and Obama. -
Obama, Hope and the NIU shootings
In recent years, Americans have been forced to deal with a rash of senseless, inexplicable school shootings such as that which occurred at Northern Illinois University leaving five innocents dead. -
Professor Harold Hill runs for President
Hopkins Sen. Obama may have much to give in public life, much value to this state, this nation and indeed, in time, this planet. Just not now. -
For Wexstten and Sauerberg
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QA: Anytime is right time for ADR, says specialist Kirn
Kim Kirn Kim L. Kirn is a trained mediator with US Arbitration and Mediation-Midwest, Inc. and graduate of University of Notre Dame Law School. Kirn, having authored a column in the Record in October, provided a more detailed look at her career in "ADR," alternate dispute resolution, in the following "QA." -
Shimkus votes to establish Lincoln Heritage Area
Washington, D.D. -- Congressman John Shimkus (R, Illinois-19) voted for House passage of omnibus legislation (HR 1483) Wednesday that included language establishing the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area. -
Reality of Obama taking hold
Fred Thompson is not the only presidential candidate suffering under the weight of unrealistic expectations. It appears that exuberant Democrat primary voters are finding out that Barack Obama's appeal begins and ends with his personal story. -
Merck attorney objects to Schwaller's petition for new Vioxx trial
An attorney for Merck Pharmaceutical says that the plaintiff who lost Madison County's first Vioxx trial in March should not be granted a new one. -
ICJL tracks legislators' voting records in civil justice scorecard
Sen. Frank Watson The Illinois Civil Justice League (ICJL) Wednesday released a mid-session scorecard tracking the voting records - on civil justice issues - of all members of the Illinois General Assembly.