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Plaintiffs' lawyers file 600 more personal injury lawsuits vs Sterigenics, now also suing Griffith Foods
Alsip-based Griffith Foods says it has had nothing to do with the shuttered Willowbrook sterilization plant for more than 20 years. -
Appeals panel agrees: Public employees' private messages may fall under FOIA, if they're talking public business
Better Government Association wants texts, emails regarding lead in CPS drinking water -
Lawsuit: Illinois vote by mail program will allow Democrats to cheat in November election
The Cook County Republican Party has filed suit in Chicago federal court, seeking to block the state's vote by mail program, which they say was designed by Gov. JB Pritzker and other Democrats to benefit Pritzker and Illinois Democrats. -
IL Supreme Court: No contempt hearing for Pritzker over COVID orders; Bailey lawsuit transferred to Springfield judge
The Illinois Supreme Court has slapped a hold on an order from a southern Illinois judge, which would have required Gov. JB Pritzker to come to court to argue why he shouldn't be held in contempt for continuing to issue COVID-related orders after that judge ruled he could not. -
Judge orders Pritzker to appear in southern IL court to answer contempt petition
Clay County Judge Michael McHaney, the only judge to date to rule against Gov. JB Pritzker's continued use of COVID-19-related emergency powers, has ordered the governor to appear in court on Aug. 14 on a contempt petition from State Rep. Darren Bailey -
Appeals panel: Springfield judge shouldn't have tossed taxpayer suit over whether state wrongly borrowed $14 billion
An appeals court in Springfield said the lawsuit raises constitutional questions that are the courts' job to interpret and decide. -
Judge: Pritzker can block landlords from evicting delinquent tenants during pandemic, no matter 'economic devastation'
A Will County judge has primed several legal questions for appeal, designed to at last address a host of legal challenges to Gov. JB Pritzker's use of emergency COVID orders. -
State Rep. Bailey asks southern IL judge to hold Pritzker in contempt for continuing to issue COVID orders
Southern Illinois state lawmaker Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, has petitioned a judge in Clay County to hold Gov. JB Pritzker in indirect civil contempt for continuing to issue COVID-19-related emergency orders even after the judge ruled Pritzker couldn't do so. -
Please convene the General Assembly
A southern Illinois lawyer challenging Gov. JB Pritzker's use of emergency powers amid the COVID-19 pandemic has called on Illinois lawmakers to return to Springfield to enact legislation codifying the state's response, and ending the legal uncertainty over Pritzker's use of power. -
ComEd hit with class action lawsuits over its role in alleged Madigan bribery, patronage hiring scheme
Northern Illinois' largest electrical utility was hit with two class action lawsuits, demanding it repay its customers perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars for allegedly using a bribery scheme to curry favor with Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to pass laws that allowed it to rack up hundreds of millions of dollars, or more, in profit, since at least 2011. -
New lawsuits assert IL COVID disaster not widespread enough to justify further emergency declarations from Pritzker
Attorney Tom DeVore, who has led many legal challenges against Gov. JB Pritzker's use of emergency powers in response to COVID-19, has filed several more asserting the COVID pandemic doesn't qualify as a "public health emergency" under state law. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF ILLINOIS: Commonwealth Edison Agrees to Pay $200 Million to Resolve Federal Criminal Investigation Into Bribery Scheme
Commonwealth Edison Company (“ComEd”), the largest electric utility in Illinois, has agreed to pay $200 million to resolve a federal criminal investigation into a years-long bribery scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago announced. -
House Speaker Michael Madigan implicated in ComEd bribery scheme
Federal prosecutors said Madigan, through his associates, demanded "old fashioned patronage" for his associates and allies in exchange for supporting legislation that steered hundreds of millions of dollars from electrical customers to ComEd. -
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. -
IL A/G: Pritzker needs clean 'final' ruling from S. IL judge to appeal decision against his COVID emergency powers
Gov. JB Pritzker has asked a Clay County judge to essentially clean up a loose end to let him appeal a ruling that otherwise struck down Pritzker's emergency powers to combat COVID-19. -
Lawsuit: Lightfoot, Pritzker 'selective' enforcement of COVID-19 orders violates IL state constitution
COVID-19 enforcement actions taken by Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot have been "arbitrary," the lawsuit said, targeting only those who lack "political or economic power" the governor and mayor "covet." -
Southern IL judge rules Pritzker overstepped bounds in imposing COVID orders
The ruling hands a win to State Rep. Darrent Bailey, R-Xenia, in his challenge asserting state law does not give Gov. JB Pritzker the power to continue issuing emergency executive orders without authorization from Illinois lawmakers. -
Orland Park sues Pritzker, says COVID shutdown orders break state law, violate its authority to reopen businesses
The village of Orland Park alleges Gov. JB Pritzker overstepped his authority and has violated the constitutional rights of business owners and citizens, while denying the village its "home rule" authority to regulate businesses. -
Illinois Supreme Court says no to destruction of police misconduct records
SPRINGFIELD – Chicago’s police union can’t enforce a provision in its contract for destruction of misconduct records, the Supreme Court ruled on June 18. -
IL GOP: Pritzker's support for anti-racism protests undercuts COVID power to limit other political gatherings
The Illinois Republican Party has sued Gov. JB Pritzker, arguing the governor violated their constitutional right to campaign, while violating his own rules to get photo op with racism protesters.