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Foster declares Pritzker's venue law unconstitutional, refuses to transfer firearm liability challenge to Sangamon County

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
Madison County Associate Judge Ronald J. Foster Jr. declared Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s forum law favoring Cook and Sangamon County is unconstitutional and denied Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s motion to transfer an Alton gun store’s constitutional challenge to both the venue law and the firearm liability law.

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Express Scripts, Optum Rx move to dismiss St. Clair County's opioid suit, claim they are 'too far removed from any direct harm'

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - Pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts and Optum Rx claim St. Clair County can’t sue them to recover the county’s spending on opioid addiction because they didn’t make, distribute, or prescribe opioids.

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Cross River Crime Task Force deploys in western portion of Madison County, modified AR-15 and drugs seized

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
The most recent deployment of Madison County’s Cross-River Crime Task Force resulted in the seizures of heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine and a modified AR-15.

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Madison County communities ban unauthorized encampments on public property

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
Madison County municipalities are banning unauthorized encampments on public property, with Granite City and Godfrey being the most recent to join the movement.

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Illinois' Economic Forecast: Madison County among highest in post-pandemic economic growth

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
According to the 2024 State of Illinois Economic Forecast, Madison County saw the strongest job growth in recent years and is expected to maintain that position.

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Planned Parenthood, Ob-Gyn sued for allegedly failing to confirm gender dysphoria, treating patient with hormone therapy

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
A patient who believed she had gender dysphoria is suing Planned Parenthood and a doctor at its Fairview Heights facility for subjecting her to “masculinizing hormone treatment” without seeking psychological evaluations for proper diagnosis.

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McGlynn enters scheduling order for discovery in gun ban challenges, sets hearing to 'gauge amount of cooperation'

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn set a discovery schedule with plans to select a trial month by mid-April in four consolidated constitutional challenges to the so-called “assault weapons” ban.

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Fourth District: Constitutional challenge to Pritzker's COVID-19 emergency orders declared moot

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
The Fourth District Appellate Court affirmed Sangamon County Associate Judge Jennifer M. Ascher’s order finding a lawsuit filed by a group of Illinois educators moot because the COVID-19 emergency orders they were challenging are no longer in effect.

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IL's federal chief judge declines to answer senators' questions about S. IL judges' alleged discriminatory orders

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Senators Cruz and Kennedy had sought answers from Seventh Circuit Chief Judge Diane Sykes about the courts' response to a complaint over orders issued by three southern Illinois federal judges which establish a preference to hear oral arguments from "newer, female and minority" lawyers

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McGlynn orders parties to answer questions about banned weapons in PICA challenges

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn asked 15 questions about weapons the state banned in the Protecting Illinois Communities Act (PICA) and directed the parties to pick a date for providing answers.

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Counties say Supreme Court decision chastising forced home sales over unpaid property tax bills shouldn't apply in IL

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A group of Illinois counties, including DuPage, Lake, Kane and Will, argued that a class action lawsuit over "equity theft" should be tossed, despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision that appears to declare sales of entire homes to satisfy delinquent property tax bills to be unconstitutional takings

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Local legislators respond to Pritzker’s historic $52.7 billion budget

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is drawing criticism from local legislators in response to the $52.7 billion state budget for Fiscal Year 2025, which he unveiled during his State of the State and budget address on Wednesday.

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Madison County Board passes resolution opposing Illinois' sanctuary status

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
The Madison County Board voted Wednesday to approve a resolution opposing sanctuary state status in response to the immigration crisis for migrants and the potential for asylum seekers in Madison County, while Gov. J.B. Pritzker calls to continue funding services for illegal immigrants during his State of the State address.

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First trial over claims that Enfamil formula caused infant's death is underway in St. Clair County

By Steve Korris |
BELLEVILLE - Pressure will build for weeks at the St. Clair County courthouse in the nation’s first trial on a claim that Mead Johnson’s Enfamil formula caused an infant’s death, but the first day of jury selection brought smiles and connected the community.

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Prenzler censured over campaign card; Calls it 'a lynching with no due process'

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
The Madison County Board voted on Wednesday to approve a resolution censuring Chairman Kurt Prenzler following an ethics report finding he improperly distributed campaign materials to a county vendor from Ohio.

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Maag argues self incrimination claims support partial summary judgment in gun ban challenge

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
Wood River attorney Thomas Maag supports his motion for partial summary judgment in one of four consolidated gun ban lawsuits filed in the Southern District of Illinois, arguing that the registration requirement violates gun owners’ Constitutional privilege against self-incrimination.

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'Once and for all': SCOTUS asked to strike down IL 'assault weapons' ban, end 'defiance' from states, courts

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Three petitions were filed on behalf of Illinois gun owners, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to send a message to defiant courts and state lawmakers, who have all but thumbed their noses at SCOTUS' Second Amendment rulings in passing and upholding new gun restrictions in Illinois and elsewhere

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McGlynn moves forward with gun ban litigation, says he won't wait for gov to figure out what they actually passed

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn told Assistant Attorney General Christopher Wells he won’t wait for the state to explain the choices legislators made in the weapon ban they passed last year.

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Yandle rejects lifetime disarmament for felons, finds the law unconstitutional

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle concluded that the law precluding felons from possessing a firearm is unconstitutional in the same way that gun owners argue the state’s “assault weapons” ban violates the Second Amendment.

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Cates sues Express Scripts, Optum Rx over opioid crisis on behalf of St. Clair County

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - David Cates of Swansea, as special counsel to St. Clair County, claims pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts and Optum Rx negligently disseminated massive quantities of prescription opioids into the county.