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What voters should know about how amending Illinois' constitution will boost government union power
State lawmakers are asking voters to enshrine union powers in the Illinois Constitution. Here’s what to know before deciding the question on the November 2022 ballot. -
ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Raoul Supports Cdc Eviction Ban to Protect Public Health During Pandemic
Attorney General Kwame Raoul , as part of a coalition of 23 attorneys general, filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) order that prohibits evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to help stop the spread of the disease. -
Pritzker OKs gerrymandered maps, breaking promise to end partisan games
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed Democrats’ partisan legislative and judicial redistricting plans. He had repeatedly promised to veto any maps drawn by state lawmakers for their own benefit. -
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Six Flags inks $36M deal to end fingerprint scan class action that resulted in landmark IL Supreme Court decision
Six Flags Great America members and pass holders who visited the park from 2013-2018 could be in line for cash payments of $60-$200. Lawyers could get $12 million. -
Illinois Supreme Court puts a halt on legislature’s redistricted judicial boundaries
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Supreme Court on June 7 halted boundary changes that legislators approved for judicial districts effective June 4. -
Schuette appointed to Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Council Steering Committee
Madison County Associate Judge Maureen Schuette was appointed co-chair to the Steering Committee of the Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Council. -
Pritzker declares disaster for 16th time despite June 11 reopening prediction
Illinois could fully reopen by June 11, but Gov. J.B. Pritzker decided the state was still a disaster zone and he needed emergency powers until the end of June. -
Politicizing courts is 'last thing we should be doing in dark of night,' GOP senator says; Meier says 'very bad bill' intended to pack St. Clair Co
SPRINGFIELD - A bill redrawing judicial circuits in the Metro-East and Chicago suburbs passed the Illinois Senate at 3 a.m. on June 1, without public hearing or input from stakeholders. -
Democrat remap solidifies court where high number of defendants strive to escape; St. Clair Co will be just like Cook Co - its own circuit
SPRINGFIELD – Democrat State Rep. Jay Hoffman (Belleville) proposes to lop Monroe, Washington, Randolph and Perry counties off the 20th Judicial Circuit and make St. Clair County a circuit unto itself. -
Mudge: Individuals must be fully vaccinated to enter courthouses without mask
Third Judicial Circuit Chief Judge William Mudge announced that masks will not be required to enter the Madison and Bond County courthouses for individuals who have been fully vaccinated beginning Tuesday. -
Retired Judge Crowder to take reins at Illinois Judges Association; Justice Overstreet second vice president
Retired Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder will be installed as president of the Illinois Judges Association (IJA) during the group's annual meeting on June 4. -
Judicial re-map would add 11 counties to Fifth District, giving it nearly half of state
SPRINGFIELD – Eleven counties will join the Fifth Judicial District’s existing 37 southernmost, if legislators adopt a map that Democratic leaders introduced on May 25. -
IL Dems move to redraw state Supreme Court district lines for first time in decades, with eye on preserving their partisan majority
Illinois Democrats say the changes are needed to better balance the districts by population, but the redistricting move comes just months after a longtime Democratic Supreme Court justice lost his bid for retention in a district now considered solidly Republican. -
Belleville attorney temporarily loses privileges at Eighth Circuit, Missouri Supreme Court, Southern District of Illinois
BELLEVILLE – Attorney George Ripplinger has temporarily lost practice privileges at the Eighth U.S. Circuit appellate court, the Missouri Supreme Court, and the U.S. district court for Southern Illinois. -
Illinois is under 'extreme' threat of drawing another Madigan election map
Illinois is listed as one of the states under ‘extreme’ danger of partisan gerrymandering of its state legislative and congressional redistricting maps. Gov. J.B. Pritzker can stop that threat. -
Big spending at Happy’s service station violated state law, court rules; Did Mautino do so knowingly, election board must decide
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino violated campaign law as a legislator, Illinois Supreme Court Justices ruled on May 20. -
IL high court avoids answering whether state constitutionally borrowed $14B; Says challenger waited too long to sue
The Illinois Supreme Court blocked John Tillman, CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute, from suing the state over whether state lawmakers unconstitutionally borrowed billions in 2003 and 2017. -
A Republican majority on the Illinois Supreme Court? It could happen!
A Republican-majority high court may not benefit Democrat politicians, but it will benefit constituents who have suffered from the arrogance, indifference, and self-serving policies of elected officials for far too long. -
ICJL report warns Illinois Supreme Court redistricting plans are designed to preserve Dem majority
SPRINGFIELD – Legislators have begun drawing maps to change boundaries of Supreme Court districts, according to the Illinois Civil Justice League. -
Sholar to run for Tognarelli vacancy, seat she currently holds by appointment
Madison County Circuit Judge Amy Sholar, a Republican, announced on Monday that she will seek election next year to the seat she currently holds by appointment.