Springfield News
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The private management company that oversees Illinois’ lottery is counting on a 10 percent boost in sales in the 2020 fiscal year, according to a new report published earlier this month by the Illinois Lottery.
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Illinois is the latest state to sue e-cigarette giant Juul after Attorney General Kwame Raoul sued the company in Cook County Court on Thursday. Meanwhile, the four political committees controlled by House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) have raked in $1 million in the last week, signaling that primary season is underway in earnest.
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In the wake of revelations that Chicago-based utility company ComEd and its parent company, nuclear giant Exelon, are at the center of multiple federal probes surrounding Chicago and Illinois politics, a bipartisan pair of lawmakers are seeking to reverse the state subsidies given to Exelon in the 2016 Future Energy Jobs Act.
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The city of Peoria did not have the right to intervene in a decision to grant one of its former firefighters an early pension he requested because of a knee injury, a Third District Appellate Court panel ruled this week.
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A few lucky candidates in crowded races were assigned first and last positions on the March 17 primary ballot Wednesday after State Board of Elections officials conducted a lottery for ballot placement.
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In an alternate timeline, former 13th Ward Democratic Organization employee Alaina Hampton would be gearing up for depositions this month, as would the Democratic heavy hitters she sued in her March 2018 lawsuit claiming retaliation for reporting sexual harassment from former senior colleague Kevin Quinn.
But Hampton settled the case with the four campaign organizations controlled by House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) late last month, the news breaking late on Friday evening the day after Thanksgiving. Hampton won $275,000 in the settlement, though she only will pocket $75,000, the rest going to attorney’s fees.
Hampton’s lead attorney, Shelly Kulwin of Chicago-based litigation firm Kulwin, Masciopinto & Kulwin LLP, sat down with The Daily Line recently to talk about Hampton’s case now that it’s settled, and what lessons can be learned from the experience.
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One week after candidates for legislative and judicial office in Illinois filed petitions to get on the March 17 primary ballot, the door has closed on another time-honored tradition: petition signature challenges.
Flanked by her parents, Celina Villanueva takes the oath of office to represent the 21st District in the Illinois House. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
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The Department of Children and Family Services on Monday published new guidelines for transporting foster children while using soft restraints, and clarifying that the department does not allow the use of shackles or handcuffs on youth in care.
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Three Illinois Department of Corrections employees have been indicted for assaulting a prisoner so badly he later died from his injuries, and conspiring to cover up the assault, according to federal court records filed late last week.
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A state appellate court this week ruled that the saving grace for Illinois’ Firearm Owners Identification card law was the fact that it’s been in place for 51 years — and any ruling finding it unconstitutional would upset the status quo.
