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New local GOP chairman predicts ongoing opposition to 3rd airport
TribLocal - Joliet » NewsNewly-elected Will County Republican Chairman Ed Ronkowski predicts opposition to construction of a commercial airport near Peotone and rising taxes will be major issues for …... -
IL Supreme Court: Assault weapons ban can be challenged
WGN NewsThe Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday a law that bans assault weapons in Cook County can be challenged. The county prohibited the sale or possession of assault weapons in 1993. The law specified what's considered an assault weapon. It also gave...Tags: Judges, Chicago Tribune, Assault, Chicago Transit Authority, Justice System
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Federal appeals court backs 2010 layoffs of CPS teachers
Tribune reporterThe federal 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a February ruling by the Illinois Supreme Court, ruling that Chicago Public Schools did not violate the rights of tenured teachers when the district laid off nearly 750 of them during sweeping staff...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Career and Workplace, Unemployment, Teachers, Job Layoffs
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Group seeks more hearings on Burge-connected cases
Tribune reporterA group of influential politicians, judges and lawyers today called on the Illinois Supreme Court to order hearings into allegations that at least 15 men remain imprisoned despite allegations they were tortured into confessing by disgraced former...Tags: Punishment, Judges, Chicago, Anita Alvarez, Rape
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Theis wins Democratic nomination for full Supreme Court term
Clout StreetPropelled by support from top Democrats including Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Mary Jane Theis easily won the party’s nomination for a 10-year term on the high court Tuesday, topping her two closest challengers by...Tags: Democratic Party, Judges, Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, Primaries
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Biggert foe remains off Tuesday's primary ballot
Tribune reporterU.S. Rep. Judy Biggert will remain unopposed in the Republican primary in the 11th Congressional District. An Illinois appellate court ruled late Wednesday to uphold the Illinois State Board of Elections decision earlier this week to knock Kane County...Tags: Judges, Kane County, Local Elections, Politics, Elections
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Chicago newsman John Madigan dies at age 94
John Madigan, a longtime Chicago newsman who worked with CBS-TV and was for many years political director at WBBM-AM radio, died on Monday in Florida of complications from a stroke, said his wife Elizabeth.
Mr. Madigan, 94, was a reporter for the Chicago...Tags: Entertainment, Newspaper and Magazine, CBS Corp., World War II (1939-1945), Stroke
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Pucinski, Brown blame each other for Circuit Court clerk mess
Clout StreetIt takes more time and money to go to court in Cook County because Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown keeps poor records, an appellate court judge who once held Brown’s post said Wednesday. Appellate Court Judge Aurelia Pucinski said “not a...Tags: Cook County Government, Judges, Primaries, Politics, Elections
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State high court sides with CPS in dispute over teacher layoffs
Tribune reporterThe Illinois Supreme Court has sided with Chicago Public Schools in a two-year legal battle with the Chicago Teachers Union over the layoffs of nearly 750 tenured teachers in 2010. In a 5-2 ruling issued this morning, the court said the Illinois School...Tags: Collective Contract, Judges, Unemployment, Chicago, Job Layoffs
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