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The Illinois Legislature wrapped its 2023 spring session last week. Metro East Republicans say the state's budget promoted poor priorities, while local Democrats praised the session as highly successful.
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The funds are to help the Metro East village after a large fire burned down a significant portion of a Washington Park municipal building in October 2021.
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The decision means the ban will now likely remain in effect while the federal appeals court in Chicago takes time to hear arguments in the case.
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The latest order a stays temporary injunction from another judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in East St. Louis.
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The convictions could impact the bribery trial next year of one-time House Speaker Michael Madigan, but could also ignite new ethics reforms and questions about how politicians are lobbied.
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The office has $200,000 more in its budget than it did about five months ago. The chief defender used the new money to raise salaries to retain existing lawyers and fill vacancies.
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The federal judge finds ‘likely’ 2nd Amendment violation days after different federal judge in Chicago declined similar action.
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This case is just one of several challenging new state law’s constitutionality.
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As Illinois considers ways to achieve its goal of relying entirely on clean energy by 2050, one technology that has courted controversy is carbon capture.
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The programs serve thousands of students in low-performing and high-poverty schools. Advocates are hoping that either the Illinois General Assembly or the federal government can keep them from closing.