Monday, April 14, 2025
Lisa Duarte, now a high-profile lobbyist, says she’s a victim of Jawad Fakroune, who’s accused of shaking down a Lincoln Park restaurateur, but won’t say why she paid nearly $20K in property taxes on a Lemont estate where Fakroune lived that was raided by FBI.
The Illinois Senate passed S.B. 42 on Thursday by a vote of 33-20. It was sent to the House of Representatives for passage in that chamber.
Back in 2019, East St. Louis’ Gloria Hicks received a last-minute invitation to a meeting at a local church. It was about an organization called Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice.
The American Alliance for Equal Rights filed a federal lawsuit against the American Bar Association for operating a racially discriminatory scholarship program that unlawfully excludes white students.
Student-athletes could be granted waivers for non-school athletic events with a measure approved by the Illinois House.
A Central Illinois judge admired for his compassion and understanding of military veterans who came before him in criminal court is retiring from the bench. Associate Judge William Workman is himself a U.S. Army veteran and became the presiding judge of the 11th Judicial Circuit Veterans’ Treatment Court.