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IL Inspector General's effort to block access to state hiring reports show IL not ready to lift feds oversight: Court filing
While Gov. JB Pritzker says the state is ready to emerge from federal court oversight of its hiring practices, a new court filing asserts efforts by the Office of the Executive Inspector General to impede court-appointed monitors from seeing certain state hiring reports says otherwise. -
Bowling alley owners, state of IL strike deal to end lawsuit vs Pritzker, boost COVID capacity limits for bowlers
The settlement scuttles the 50-person limit Pritzker had initially imposed, now allowing bowling centers to host the lesser of 200 bowlers or 50% ordinary capacity -
Illinois bowling alley owners' group: Pritzker's 50-person limits for bowling centers illegal, unconstitutional
The Illinois Bowling Proprietors' Association has filed suit against Gov. JB Pritzker, saying his administration applied a 50-person capacity limit to bowling alleys that it did not apply to casinos, restaurants and other indoor entertainment venues. -
Appeals panel turns out lights on Chicago film studio's antitrust suit vs IL Film Office
A federal appeals panel has ruled an Illinois state agency didn't violate antitrust laws in how it apportioned the state's support for competing Chicago film studios. -
Doubling Illinois' gas tax, other tax hikes will go to fund more than $1.4 billion of waste and pork
Lawmakers sold 21 new taxes and fees as necessary to rebuild crumbling roads and bridges and balance the budget. Instead, taxpayers will be funding dog parks, swimming pools, snowmobile paths, a vacant theater and pickleball courts. -
School district lawsuit: Sears owes millions in taxes for laying off too many workers, breaching state deal
As Sears heads into bankruptcy, a northwest suburban school district is suing the retailer and the village of Hoffman Estates in hopes of recapturing property tax dollars it says were diverted to the retail giant in recent years, because it says layoffs at Sears invalidated a state economic development agreement. -
Judge: IL Film Office's work to boost IL film industry didn't favor Cinespace over Chicago Studio City
A federal judge has rejected an attempt by a Chicago film and TV studio to sue the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the former director of the llinois Film Office for allegedly favoring a larger, newer competitor in doling out state assistance. -
Chicago City Hall: Contractor hired to install electric car charging stations on hook for $1M fraud
The city of Chicago said the company it hired to install electric vehicle charging stations didn’t live up to its end of a $1 million contract. -
IL taxpayers can sue to block business tax credit program costing the state too much: Panel
An Illinois appeals panel in Springfield, in overturning a lower court decision, has ruled taxpayers have the right to try to block a state commerce agency from administering a business development tax credit program the group of taxpayers has argued is actually an alleged illegal state tax improperly eating up public funds. -
SEC says ex-UNO CEO Rangel broke law by not disclosing hires, jeopardizing state grant money
Federal regulators have filed suit against the former head of a Chicago charter schools group, saying he violated federal securities laws when he allegedly misled investors by not disclosing conflicts of interest in awarding charter school contracts that jeopardized state grants underpinning municipal bonds issued by the charter schools organization.