Illinois Supreme Court
Recent News About Illinois Supreme Court
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Proft: 'Pritzker-funded justices uphold Pritzker Purge Law'
The Illinois State Supreme Court announced their decision on July 18th regarding the abolishment of cash bail for non violent offenders, giving a majority approval of the SAFE-T Act. The change is set to go into effect in September 2023, after sheriffs and lawyers across the state fought against it over the past year, saying it violates the state constitution.
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Every resident in Chicago metro area pays $2,321 annual “tort tax” to fund lawsuit abuse in Illinois, new report states
Lawsuit abuse continues to grow in Chicago and surrounding counties with every resident now paying a $2,321 annual “tort tax” to cover the loss in jobs and economic output, according to a new study released today by Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse.
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Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse - Illinois endorses coalition efforts to reform destructive BIPA laws
Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA) Executive Director Phil Melin issued the following statement supporting the efforts of a coalition of leading business, technology, and healthcare groups, who held a news conference this morning seeking changes to Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) laws following recent troubling State Supreme Court decisions.
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CALA-IL urges lawmakers to clarify BIPA law following ruling that could devastate Illinois businesses
CHICAGO - Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse-Illinois (CALA-IL) is calling on Illinois legislators to immediately draft corrective legislation to the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) to clarify the Illinois Supreme Court’s devastating ruling Friday that could lead to the financial destruction of Illinois businesses.
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Stephens congratulates Illinois Supreme Court appointee: 'Justice Lisa Holder White made history today'
State Rep. Brad Stephens recently congratulated Justice Lisa Holder White on her appointment to the Illinois Supreme Court.
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Cato: LMP Services v. City of Chicago
May a city both require certain business owners to forego their Fourth Amendment rights and also enforce regulations specifically designed to advantage competing businesses in a related industry?
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Federal lawsuit filed in Chicago worker's compensation dispute
A federal lawsuit was recently filed in an attempt to stop Chicago Alderman Ed Burke from running Chicago’s Workers Compensation (WC) Defense Program.
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Board of Election Commissioners of the City of Chicago met March 27.
Board of Election Commissioners of the City of Chicago met Tuesday, March 27.
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Bills could add millions to billion-dollar pension debt, GOP representatives warn
Illinois' billion-dollar pension debt could rise by millions if two Democrats' pension bills are approved by the Senate and Gov. Bruce Rauner.
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Laborers' & Retirement Board Employees' Annuity Benefit Fund of Chicago Board of Trustees met October 24.
Laborers' & Retirement Board Employees' Annuity Benefit Fund of Chicago Board of Trustees met Tuesday, Oct. 24.
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Report shows 'true' accounting of pension liabilities more than double what governments say; Expert: debt is 'utterly absurd'
Financial expert Mark Glennon of Wilmette says in his analysis of a new study on state and local pensions that the options available to reduce the substantial obligations facing Illinois funds include amending the state constitution or going through federal bankruptcy.
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Bar association offers latest look at information reporting
The Chicago Bar Association will present insights into the current state of information requests and reporting of sensitive information at a seminar on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on May 15.
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State GOP: Madigan’s democracy talk ‘doublespeak’ for dictatorship
Republicans say that, in Illinois, there exists a democracy of one — Mike Madigan, to be exact — with the longtime House speaker managing affairs as if the state were a dictatorship rather than a system of egalitarianism.
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Illinois Opportunity Project co-founders: Term limits in Illinois not short-term solution
Term limits are not a short-term solution to Illinois' financial problems, and when or if they are implemented, such limits must be done right or the result will be more of the same, co-founders of a conservative nonprofit said during a recent Chicago-based radio broadcast.
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Attorney General asks court to cut off state employee paychecks
State Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a motion yesterday asking the court to dissolve the preliminary injunction that ordered state worker paychecks to continue while the Illinois budget was at an impasse.
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Analyst: Chicago can take lead nationally in pension reform, even with a bankruptcy
Chicago's pension crisis seems insurmountable, but if the city can find a resolution, the rest of the country likely will follow that lead, a noted financial analyst said during a recent interview.
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'Illinois Rising' hosts rip self-satisfied Chicago City Council's budget
Two Chicago-area talk radio hosts offered a bitterly comical take on City Council's celebration of its recently passed balanced budget, saying some serious issues weren't mentioned the day it passed.
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Proposal would replace pensions with 401(k)-style plans for new public hires
With Illinois' state pension liability 17 percent more than it was last year, the vice president of a Chicago-based think tank recently said that 401(k)-style plans for public employees would go a long way toward easing the pension crisis.
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Illinois Board of Education determine capacity for state charter school
The Illinois State Board of Education met May 17 to determine capacity for the new state charter school campus.
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State's pension-debt crisis lingers as solutions seem to remain elusive
Illinois' public pension crisis has been bumped out of the headlines by the Nov. 8 presidential election and other attention-grabbers, but the crisis hasn't gone away, the vice president of a Chicago-based conservative think tank said in a recent article.