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Criminal probe urged over Atlanta, Illinois, library contract
The Atlanta, Illinois, Public Library District agreement to purchase Union Hall is a deliberate attempt to circumvent the law and requires a criminal investigation, the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW) contend.
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Law firm sees workers' comp case as precedent-setting, but court disagrees
A court ruling a Chicago law firm argues is relevant to statewide workers' compensation cases can be used as precedent in only very specific and limited situations, the firm posted on its website recently.
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High court sides with school group in financial transparency case
The Illinois High School Association, a non-profit organization that runs high school sports competitions, is not subject to the same transparency requirements as public institutions, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled on May 18.
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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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'Fundamental flaw' in Illinois pension system called nearly unfixable
Illinois must find its way out of financial "death spiral," but cutting pensions won't be it.
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GOP says AG Madigan puts pols over people
What's good for the populace must not be good for the politicians, the Illinois Republican Party said recently in response to Attorney General Lisa Madigan's apparent willingness to give in to a judge's decision on elected officials' paychecks.
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High court to decide FOIA case against high school group
Whether the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is a government entity could decide the outcome of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed against it.
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Tennessee pension case might carry message for Illinois
A Chicago think tank says the message sent by a recent federal appeals court ruling in Tennessee could have relevance in Illinois.
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Springfield school district wins Open Meetings dispute
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that Springfield School District 186 did not violate the Open Meetings Act (OMA) in discussing a personnel matter in 2013, Illinois Leaks reported recently.
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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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Group proposes simple solution for paycheck problem
Illinois Policy proposes simple solution to stymie Attorney General's petition to stop paying state workers.
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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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Attorney General asks court to cut off state employee paychecks
Attorney General asked court to dissolve injunction ordering state to pay its employees; motion filed in St. Clair County Circuit Court.
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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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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.
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Rauner calls for political reform, referendums on fair maps, term limits
Since the state Supreme Court ruled voter referendums can't be used to place measures on the ballot, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has called for state lawmakers to take action to restore redistricting to the November ballot and to also put term limits up for a vote.
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Sangamon County Board's meeting-recording standards questioned
At a recent meeting, the Sangamon County Board heard a citizen's complaint that the board hasn't been recording its meetings properly.
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State GOP lashes out at Dems for silence as 'machine' blocks fair-maps measure
This week, Illinois Republican Party spokesman Steven Yaffe blasted Democrats in the Assembly for their failure to stand up for the Independent Map Amendment ballot measure.
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Illinois newspapers lash out against entrenched Springfield establishment
This summer has been long and hard for Illinois residents and lawmakers amid a budget impasse and calls for redistricting and term-limits reform.
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Rauner urges Assembly to put redistricting reform back on ballot
Now that the Illinois Supreme Court has kept redistricting reform, also known as "free maps," off of the November ballot, Gov. Bruce Rauner said he wants the General Assembly to put it back on the ballot.