Mayors of the village of Alorton and the city of Centreville are encouraging voters in their communities to turn out for a town hall meeting to hear "all the facts" regarding proposals to merge the two economically depressed, shrinking towns.
MOUNT VERNON – Former St. Clair County circuit judge Vincent Lopinot failed to ask necessary questions before approving settlement of a class action against Body Shop stores, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on Sept. 6.
Though e-cigarettes are being marketed as a safer alternative to tobacco smoking, design flaws in the products can cause severe injuries or even kill their users, an attorney representing several plaintiffs in personal-injury cases said.
EAST ST. LOUIS – After months of secrecy about a settlement that Stephen Tillery of St. Louis reached on a claim that K-Mart cheated the government, the government accuses him of trying to dodge taxes on the proceeds.
It took 561 years (from the Magna Carta to the Declaration of Independence) for the idea of limited government and political equality to infuse itself into Anglo-American culture. By 1776, enough people believed in the possibility, that they were willing to fight for it and organize a government based on it after a battlefield victory.
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville will present "Crossroads: A Conversation about America’s Future" next week featuring pundits Juan Williams and Cal Thomas.
NBC, CBS, USA Today, and others have written much about “Mid America St. Louis Airport” over the years, and stories continue about our “Ghost Airport” and fleecing tax payers.
Proft I do not think government functionaries should set private sector salaries or that U.S. policymakers should be adorned with the appellation properly reserved for Russian autocrats.
NEWARK, New Jersey – Brad Lakin complained in federal court months ago that former teammate Paul Weiss and telephone company Sprint cooked up a class action notice that hardly anybody would notice, and facts have borne out Lakin's prophecy.
McCambridge During a recent interview with a reporter, Lester Brickman recalled an old television western from days gone by called "Have Gun-Will Travel."
Brad Lakin The Lakin Law Firm is set to collect $8 million in fees from settling a seven year old Madison County class action case against Cendant Corp.
Judge Crowder Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder granted a big victory in a fee fight from a class action the Lakin Law Firm of Wood River filed with Freed and Weiss of Chicago, but she didn't grant it to either firm.
For over 30 years, the asbestos litigation crisis has rumbled through the United States, forcing many dozens of companies into bankruptcy, costing thousands of jobs and most importantly, delaying and reducing the compensation available to take care of asbestos victims.
