Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Officials in seven counties are suing Illinois, claiming the state’s property tax code requires them to run sales of delinquent property taxes in a way that the U.S. Supreme Court has deemed unconstitutional.
As prosecutors gave their closing arguments Monday in the trial of state Sen. Emil Jones III, they cast doubt on Jones’ testimony last week that red-light camera entrepreneur Omar Maani made him “uncomfortable” when he hinted at a bribe in the summer of 2019, asking the jury why — if that was true — did he keep meeting Maani for dinner and answering his calls and texts?
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is asking state lawmakers to approve a $120 million budget for his office. House appropriations leaders noted Friday that is a $15 million increase over his current operating budget.
A former partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman has alleged in a lawsuit that the law firm fired him and forced the leader of the aircraft finance group to retire after disbanding the practice because they were both in their 60s.
A federal prosecutor sent a letter to the editor in chief of a Glenview medical journal alleging political bias and asking a series of questions that suggest the publication misleads readers, overlooks opposing views and is influenced by its financial backers.