Customers and creditors have filed at least 22 lawsuits in Madison and St. Clair counties seeking more than $4.5 million in damages from a company that used to be the metro-east’s largest homebuilder.

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Belleville News-Democrat

Following an Illinois spring legislative session in which efforts to regulate data center development and curb government support for the energy-hungry facilities stalled, Gov. JB Pritzker took matters into his own hands Friday.

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Chicago Tribune

He took the oath on June 1 at the federal courthouse in Springfield, according to a community announcement. Gilmore, a longtime federal prosecutor, was nominated by President Donald Trump on Jan. 13 and confirmed by the Senate on May 18.

From: 
The State Journal-Register

Attorneys for the now-cleared “Broadview Six” defendants are seeking any possible evidence of pressure from White House officials on the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago to secure an indictment against the group of Democratic activists, local elected officials and candidates this past fall.

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Capitol News Illinois

An Urbana woman and former Champaign County Board member representing District 11 has been indicted by a federal grand jury on three counts of wire fraud after being accused of defrauding the U.S. Department of Labor and Illinois Department of Employment Security during the COVID-19 pandemic.

From: 
Capitol City Now

Gregory Gilmore was sworn in as the United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois. He was sworn in on June 1 at the federal courthouse in Springfield. 

From: 
WAND News

The bill awaiting Gov. JB Pritzker’s signature would classify e-devices that travel over 28 mph as motor vehicles starting Jan. 1, 2027 and subject those riders to the state’s drunk driving laws.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Over the past five months, a sea of rideshare drivers in yellow T-shirts flooded the Illinois state Capitol almost weekly, lobbying for the right to form a union. They may be able to do so soon, after Illinois lawmakers passed a bill giving them that ability in the final hours of the spring session.

From: 
Capitol News Illinois

Perry J. Browder, a Senior Partner at Simmons Hanly Conroy, was installed on Thursday as president of the Illinois State Bar Association at the Illinois Supreme Court building in Springfield. Browder is the 150th president of the Association. 

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The Bar News