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County clerk to federal judge: Pritzker stay home orders should be presumed unconstitutional, unenforceable
Macon County Clerk Josh Tanner, defending against a lawsuit over ballot access, said Pritzker exceeded his power in extending stay at home orders, so the orders should be considered illegal and void. -
Church challenges Pritzker's stay home order in court; Prizker revises order to allow small religious gatherings, drive-in services
The lawsuit asserts Pritzker's COVID-19 shutdown orders rest on 'shaky legal foundations,' violate constitutional protections for religion, speech, assembly and due process. -
IL A/G: Pritzker has power to declare 30-day emergencies as long as he believes emergency exists
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, through the Illinois Attorney General's Office, has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to overturn a Southern Illinois judge's ruling denting his COVID emergency powers -
Pritzker to face yet another lawsuit over stay home order, this time to apply to entire state
Pritzker is appealing a Clay County judge's restraining order in lawsuit filed by a southern Illinois State Rep. But another, broader challenge is coming in Winnebago County, a different state lawmaker says. -
Judge slaps TRO on Pritzker's stay home extension; Gov. vows swift appeal to get ruling 'overturned'
The lawsuit accused Pritzker of executive overreach, as the law only allows 30 day emergency powers, unless legislature approves longer -
IL COVID workers' comp rules repealed after court loss; Pritzker intends to 'revisit,' 'reissue'
Businesses had said the new rules were illegal, but Pritzker had said they're needed because employers should "pick up the tab" for COVID-19 illnesses among their workers -
Prosecutor's memo: Pritzker's stay home order may not survive scrutiny in court
A memo, obtained and published by Edgar County Watchdogs, reveals concerns by prosecutors over their ability to legally enforce Pritzker's COVID-19 emergency orders. -
Springfield judge blocks Pritzker's COVID workers' comp rule changes; Employers say are illegal, could cost billions
A judge has granted a temporary restraining order to business groups who accused the Pritzker administration of illegally enacting new workers' comp rules to leave employers to "pick up the tab" for COVID illness -
Pritzker extends stay at home order til May 30, but how long will the law allow him to do so?
A lawsuit from a downstate Republican state representative demands the courts block Pritzker, until and unless the General Assembly takes action to grant him more emergency powers. -
Lawsuit: State commission 'usurped' authority by changing COVID workers' comp rules
The lawsuit from two prominent Illinois business groups assert the state workers' comp commission changed rules without authority, to make employers 'carry the healthcare load' -
Appeals panel agrees Lincolnshire didn't violate union members' rights by belonging to Illinois Municipal League
Federal suit alleged village violated rights by using tax money to pay dues to lobby group that backed Right to Work zones -
Appeals panel: Cook County can tax gun sales, ammunition
Justices determine county regulation doesn't inhibit Second Amendment rights -
Neville appears to best Reyes in race for Cook County's open seat on Illinois Supreme Court
Illinois’ only African American state Supreme Court justice appears poised to claim a win in the race to land a 10-year term on the state’s high court. -
Video gambing operators: Oak Lawn video gambling 'penny per play' tax illegal, unconstitutional
Village said tax would raise more than $500,000 annually to help pay for services and pensions, and avoid big property tax hike. -
Appeals panel: Ex-judge, state senator doesn't get fee for economic incentive law to boost Joliet intermodal project
Centerpoint didn't shortchange former Democratic state senator and judge Thomas A. Dunn, whom the company hired to promote a Joliet development -
IL Supreme Court cans Elk Grove term limit referendum, declares state law restricting such limits constitutional
The case tested the constitutionality of a state law enacted by Gov. Pritzker and Illinois' Democrat-dominated General Assembly last summer to limit the ability of voters to limit the terms of their current mayors and council members. -
Appeals panel: Cook County GOP can't make rules to prevent Democrat from being elected party committeeman
The appeals panel said the committeeman office performs both party and public functions, so voters' choice prevails. -
The 1%: Illinois’ pension millionaires
More than 129,000 Illinois public pensioners will see expected payouts of $1 million or more during retirement. -
Cook County Chief Judge Evans says shielded from lawsuit, asks to be dropped from 'Empire' lawsuit
Evans says he's a state official and can't be sued over filming at juvenile center -
Lawsuit dropped vs Quorum Health over closure of MetroSouth hospital in Blue Island
The legal action, which had been led by lawyers from Edelson P.C., was quietly withdrawn in November.