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Summary judgment granted in St. Clair County bid rigging suit; Yandle: Jury left with ‘speculation, guesswork’ without evidence of proper penalty rate
District Judge Staci Yandle granted summary judgment for St. Clair County tax buyer defendants and closed the case alleging the tax buyers participated in a bid-rigging conspiracy with Treasurer Charles Suarez. -
Defendants seek summary judgment in Madison County bid rigging suit
Several defendants accused of participating in an alleged bid-rigging conspiracy with former Madison County Treasurer Fred Bathon seek summary judgment from the plaintiffs’ third amended complaint. -
Proponents of 1 percent sales tax trying to 'sneak' it past 'off year' voters
The educational establishment knows how much you pay and they’ve figured out you’re taxed to the eye balls. The jig is up. So, guess what you’ve got on the “spring off year” March 20 ballot? -
Defendants in Madison County bid rigging suit seek to exclude expert testimony
Defendants sued in a Madison County bid rigging suit filed motions to exclude controlled expert testimony, arguing that one expert is “woefully inadequate” and another intends to opine on damages which aren’t part of the class certification. -
Madison County seeks to quash deposition intended for ‘annoyance and expense’
Madison County seeks to quash a subpoena requesting a deposition in a bid rigging suit, arguing that the subpoena is intended for “annoyance and expense” in a suit that the county is still unsure whether it will be formally added as a defendant. -
Madison County Treasurer to expedite school fund payments
Madison County Treasurer Chris Slusser said his office will be expediting property tax distributions in September to help some local school districts at least temporarily avoid a funding crisis, according to a press release from his office. -
Yandle denies Treasurer's office motion for new trial in employee's ADA case
U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle has denied Madison County Treasurer's office motion for a new trial in a case brought by a former employee who was awarded more than $650,000 in damages in an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) lawsuit. -
Matthew Foley charged in attack on County Board chairman Prenzler
Matthew J. Foley, 37, of Edwardsville, faces felony charges in connection with the March 11 attack on Madison County Board Chairman Kurt Prenzler at a fundraiser at St. Mary and St. Mark Catholic Church in Madison. -
Madison County property owners face deadline on taxes
Madison County homeowners have one last chance to pay their property taxes on Friday before their homes become slated for the annual auction of properties with delinquent tax. Homeowners must pay in person at the treasurer's office in the Madison County Administration Building, 157 N. Main St., Edwardsville. -
Almost nine decades later, the Madison County Board has a new GOP majority
Not many Americans today can remember when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president, because that was more than 70 years ago and most of us had not yet made our debuts into the world. -
Prenzler again calls out opponent over issue of credit card use
Madison County Treasurer and Republican county board chairman candidate Kurt Prenzler said that stricter oversight is needed to cure a "culture of credit card abuse" that is ailing county government. -
Prenzler moves for new trial in discrimination suit brought by former employee; Jurors awarded $658K in February
BENTON – Madison County Treasurer Kurt Prenzler has challenged a verdict of federal court jurors who awarded $450,000 to former county comptroller Linda Dunnagan in a disability discrimination suit. -
Prenzler questions whether county IMRF members are putting in 600 hours
Madison County Treasurer Kurt Prenzler doubts whether all county board members currently enrolled in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) are putting in the necessary hours for eligibility in the pension fund. -
Rally held in support of Lavite; Veterans demand he be allowed back in administration building
“Veteran’s Lives Matter!” That is the chant a group of about 30 people were yelling at a rally on Friday in support of Madison County’s Veterans Assistance Commission Superintendent Brad Lavite. -
O'Fallon, Troy registered voter signatures sought for property tax freeze petition
A group interested in saving taxpayers money is looking for at least 1,250 registered voters in O’Fallon and Troy willing to sign a petition supporting property tax freeze, a spokesman for the group said during a recent interview. -
Property tax reduction proponents hope sufficient number of signatures puts question on ballot
Treasurers says county revenues have long exceeded needs. -
Petition drive to lower Madison County property taxes could use more signatures, proponents say
A petition drive to lower property taxes in Madison County has achieved the bare minimum of signatures to put the question to voters in November, but proponents want extras to ensure it sticks. -
Kurt Prenzler seeks an honest man in Madison County?
Has the Greek philosopher Diogenes been reincarnated as Kurt Prenzler? -
Petition drive for lowering taxes to be held Saturday; Sheriff and state's attorney say lowering taxes could be 'devastating'
Madison County Treasurer Kurt Prenzler is trying to collect 17,000 signatures by May 1 in order to get this question before voters in November: -
County Board members' debate over lawsuit costs not drawn on purely political lines; History shows county has had its share of costs, verdicts and settlements
A recent press release critical of Madison County Treasurer Kurt Prenzler's handling of a former employee's discrimination claims, was called "ill-timed, misleading and political" by five county board members who countered with their own ammunition on Friday.