Illinois Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka
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Gov. Pritzker Announces 11 Appointments to Boards, Commissions, and Task Force
Gov. Pritzker Announces 11 Appointments to Boards, Commissions, and Task Force. -
Ruth grants motion to amend 2015 FOID card dispute; Illinois officials say amended case 'starts from the beginning'
Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth granted a class of Illinois residents’ request to amend a complaint originally filed in 2015 involving a disputed $1 vendor processing fee for Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) card applications. -
Illinois officials allege sovereign immunity, seek summary judgment in $1 FOID card fee dispute
Two Illinois officials seek summary judgment alleging sovereign immunity in a class action involving a disputed $1 vendor processing fee for Firearm Owner's Identification (FOID) card applications. -
Class of Illinois FOID card holders seeks to segregate, sequester excess application fee
A class of Illinois FOID card holders again seeks to segregate and sequester a disputed $1 overcharge, arguing that the program can operate without the additional fee as the state has “swept millions of dollars” from the fund. -
Federal investigators digging deeper into Pritzker's $331K property tax break
Pritzker infamously removed toilets from his Gold Coast mansion in what the Cook County inspector general called a “scheme to defraud” taxpayers. -
CMC set in FOID card filing fee dispute
Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth rescheduled a case management conference exactly one year after taking summary judgment under advisement in a class action alleging an additional $1 filing fee for FOID cards in Illinois is unlawful. -
Ruth takes summary judgment under advisement in FOID card class action
Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth took summary judgment under advisement in a class action alleging an additional $1 filing fee for FOID cards in Illinois is unlawful. -
Hearing on summary judgment set in FOID card class action
Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth set a hearing for next month to further argue a class of FOID card holders' motion for summary judgment as to the unlawfulness of an additional $1 fee for the firearm owner identification cards. -
Wirepoints: State Treasurer's social justice warrior investment practices makes bad policy
A financial expert says "social justice warrior" investment practices of Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs makes for bad policy and sets a dangerous precedent for future administrations that may hold different political views. -
Officials respond to summary judgment request in FOID card class action
State officials sued in a class action over an extra $1 FOID card fee argue that summary judgment is not proper because Illinois citizens cannot collect from the state a $1 processing fee for firearm owner identification cards that was voluntarily paid to a third-party vendor. -
House Republican Leader Durkin criticized over 'horrible conflict of interest'
Since assuming control of the Illinois House Republican Caucus four years ago, the law firm of State Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) has helped Illinois municipal governments and state agencies amass more than a quarter of a billion dollars in public debt, according to an analysis by Prairie State Wire. -
Illinois state politics fueled by the privately educated
If one aspires to become a politician in Illinois, there's one tried and tested route: Attend private elementary and high schools. -
Statements on veto override
Rauner: Speaker Madigan’s 32 percent permanent income tax increase will force another tax hike in the near future. -
M.I.C. Summit hosted at Lewis & Clark Community College April 6, 7
EDWARDSVILLE — The 2017 M.I.C. Summit, hosted by Madison County Community Development on April 6 and 7, is focusing on job creation, job retention, infrastructure, technology and transportation. -
Unclaimed life insurance law goes into effect; Insurers must check 'master death list'
SPRINGFIELD—A change in Illinois law will force life insurance companies to periodically check government death records to ensure their policyholders' beneficiaries are properly paid out. -
Insurer raises questions about unclaimed benefits bill; Hoping for Rauner's amendatory veto
SPRINGFIELD — In a legislative session noted as one of inaction until the brink of a new fiscal year, one bill Illinois lawmakers did manage to pass was a measure that requires life insurance companies to make an effort to track down beneficiaries of unclaimed policies, contracts and accounts when they know the policyholder has died. -
Life insurers sue state Treasurer and contingency fee auditor over new rules imposed on unclaimed property
Life insurance companies are suing Illinois state Treasurer Michael Frerichs and private auditing company Verus Financial alleging that recent efforts to tap into policy proceeds under the Unclaimed Property Act are unconstitutional. -
Wood River man alleges E-pay program surcharge is unlawful
ALTON -- A Wood River man is suing the Illinois state treasurer in a class-action case, alleging a surcharge on a state E-pay program is unlawful. -
Angling
Now that St. Clair County’s Stephen McGlynn has put on the appellate court robes, the Metro East needs a new representative on the beleaguered Illinois GOP’s ruling board. -
Shimkus joins Karmeier for pre-election fly around
U.S. Rep. Shimkus formerly served as Madison County treasurer. Circuit Judge Lloyd Karmeier of Nashville, seeking the vacancy on the Illinois Supreme Court from the Fifth District, will be joined by Congressman John Shimkus (R-Illinois, 19) on a pre-election day fly around.