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Madigan seeks dismissal of challenge to new retiree health insurance law
Madigan Maag The state’s top prosecutor has asked a Sangamon County judge to dismiss four lawsuits over a law that requires state retirees to start paying premiums for their health insurance. In a...
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Plaintiffs in retiree health insurance suit respond to Madigan’s motion to...
The Illinois Constitution’s Pension and Benefits Protection Clause does not limit “benefits” to retirement income, a handful of state retirees assert. These retirees — five plaintiffs in one of four...
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Hearing over retiree health insurance suits set for Feb. 20
Madigan Maag A Sangamon County judge will hear arguments next month over four lawsuits challenging a new law that requires state retirees to start paying premiums for their health insurance. Circuit...
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Judge hears arguments in state retiree health insurance suit; Lawyers argue...
SPRINGFIELD — A Sangamon County judge on Wednesday heard arguments over a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that challenges a new law requiring state retirees to start paying premiums for their health...
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Judge dismisses suits over new state retiree health insurance law
Madigan A Sangamon County judge on Tuesday dismissed a consolidated lawsuit challenging a new law requiring state retirees to start paying premiums for their health insurance. In his seven-page order,...
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Supreme Court agrees to review state retiree health insurance lawsuit
Gordon Maag The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday granted a motion for a direct appeal in the battle over a new law requiring state retirees to start paying premiums for their health...
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ICJL: Fewer local judicial races expected in 2014 election
Murnane With only about a handful of local judicial races expected to be on the ballots next year, voters in the Fifth District will likely experience a much quieter election cycle than last year....
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Supreme Court slated to hear arguments in 17 cases in Chicago
The Illinois Supreme Court will hear arguments in more than a dozen cases later this month, when the justices will convene in Chicago for their September term. The location change is the result of a...
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Retiree health insurance case taken under advisement by Supreme Court
Kionka Gordon Maag CHICAGO – Retirees suing the state over a new law requiring them to start paying premiums for health insurance have essentially asked the Illinois Supreme Court to give the...
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Madison County voters will decide several judicial races in ’14; Candidates...
Harrison Karmeier Hackett Tognarelli Ruth While next year’s general election may seem on the distant horizon, at least one announced candidate is already gearing up. Madison County Associate Judge...
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Lack of clear rules for recusal underpins high stakes case against State Farm
Karmeier As Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier’s time to decide whether to seek another 10-year term nears, one of his most controversial cases just won’t stay dead. Avery v. State Farm...
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