Illinois Supreme Court

Letters: America's tragedy

2012-12-18 00:00:00

Re "'Evil visited this community,'" Dec. 15 I've been a school principal for 34 years and am obligated to provide a safe and secure environment. Educators and mental health professionals know that people just don't "snap." There usually are warning...

The irony of Rahm Emanuel's ballot foibles

2011-01-25 16:35:30

Illinois judge charged with heroin, gun possession as feds probe colleague's cocaine death

2013-05-24 13:10:02

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A southwestern Illinois judge already under scrutiny after a colleague died of a cocaine overdose at his family's hunting lodge was charged Friday with possession of heroin and guns. Wearing cutoff shorts and a T-shirt with the...

Supreme Court rules that state can refuse to foot prosecutor's legal bill

2013-05-23 17:14:00

The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Attorney General Lisa Madigan in her battle to refuse a taxpayer-funded defense for a former downstate prosecutor accused of wrongfully prosecuting two men in a murder case. The ruling, authored by...

King Madigan's pension plan unconcstitutional

2013-05-23 12:09:00

My wife and I were public school educators for a combined 67 years. We followed all the rules and paid the required pension deductions from every paycheck. Illinois legislators, meanwhile, decided against providing required contributions to the Teachers&...

St. Louis grocer says data breach may total $80M in Illinois

2013-05-23 13:22:00

A data breach at a St. Louis-based grocery store chain could cost the family-run company $80 million in Illinois alone, according to a court filing. Schnuck Markets Inc., which has more than 30 stores in the Rockford area and in downstate Illinois,...

Judicial hopefuls rely on political consultants

2013-05-22 00:00:00

This story was reported in collaboration with Medill Watchdog, a project at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, and WGN-TV, with producer Marsha Bartel and reporter Mark Suppelsa contributing. Medill Watchdog can be found at...

Borizov trial seen as successful test of cameras in state courtrooms

2013-05-18 00:00:00

Their deliberations completed, the jurors marched into the courtroom, and the judge asked if they had reached a verdict. The foreman said they had. Soon the clerk read from the signed verdict forms: "We, the jury, find Johnny Borizov guilty of first-...

Harris arguments to begin Wednesday; jury set

2013-05-08 01:44:02

Four alternates were selected Tuesday for the jury in the Chris Harris murder trial, completing the panel that will hear opening statements Wednesday in the deaths of five members of a Beason family. On Monday, the process of choosing seven women and...

Strengthen the inspector general

2013-05-10 00:00:00

By now, Mayor Rahm Emanuel must be tired of being reminded of his unfulfilled promise to empower the city's inspector general. Cover your eyes, Mayor, because here we go again. Among the pledges contained in Emanuel's responses to a Tribune survey of...

Plans for historic site in Shiloh close to fruition

2013-05-13 10:04:02

A historic site in Shiloh once known as a "refuge of righteousness" for those fleeing political oppression may soon receive $225,000 in upgrades as St. Clair County officials prepare to make the Shiloh site into a park. Plans are under way to turn...

Knock yourselves out, Senators

2013-05-08 00:00:00

If a good plan for relieving Illinois' pension crisis has momentum, why not offer an inferior proposal that wouldn't do as much good? To that end, Senate President John Cullerton on Monday unveiled another insufficient pension reform bill, this one with...

The Illinois Supreme Court has suspended an Oak Brook attorney, author and former radio host accused of misappropriating more than $2 million from her clients.

2013-05-08 00:00:00

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The Illinois Supreme Court has suspended an Oak Brook attorney, author and former radio host accused of misappropriating more than $2 million from her clients.

2013-05-08 00:00:00

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Democratic primary candidate for the Illinois Supreme Court Mary Jane Theis during the endorsement interview with the Chicago Tribune editorial board.

2012-01-30 00:00:00