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Attorney General Raoul Encourages Veterans, Service Members to Participate in Free Veterans Consumer Scams Webinar
In advance of Veterans Day, Attorney General Kwame Raoul is encouraging veterans, service members and their families to participate in a free military rights webinar to learn how to avoid scams directed at veterans and what to do if they have been a victim of a scam. -
IL, 32 other states sue Facebook, Insta parent Meta for allegedly 'addicting, exploiting' kids
The lawsuit filed in California accuses the social media giant of deceiving society about the allegedly addictive qualities of its social media products, including Facebook and Instagram, and the alleged societal harms those products allegedly cause -
Illinois AG's office pays sanctions nearly a year later
EAST ST. LOUIS – Assistant Attorney General Tara Barnett of Fairview Heights ended the state’s long struggle to pay sanctions to Carbondale lawyer Shari Rhode on July 27. -
We all need to be vaccinated – against tyrannical government!
Just because the authority of the executive branch is separate from that of the legislative or judicial branch does not mean that there are no checks and balances on it. -
Sholar seeks appointment of private counsel in apparent ongoing corruption case; Says Gibbons is conflicted as he participated in grand jury proceedings
In a petition to appoint private counsel in a case involving a series of 2018 raids at the Madison County administration building, Alton attorney Amy Sholar alleges Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Gibbons’ prior involvement in grand jury proceedings warrants his removal from the case. -
Supreme Court declines to let Illinois caregivers seek order forcing union to refund fees
WASHINGTON , D.C. -- The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down an effort by a group of non-union home caregivers to persuade the high court to order unions to refund millions of dollars in fees that they collected from the caregivers under an Illinois state law declared unconstitutional.