Kilbride is first Illinois Supreme Court justice to lose retention vote

By Joe Tabor

11/04/2020

After receiving $550,000 from Madigan’s Democratic Party of Illinois campaign committee, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride lost his bid to continue on the court. He is the first justice voters failed to retain.

TAGS: election, Illinois Supreme Court, Mike Madigan, Thomas Kilbride

Kilbride takes $550K from Madigan despite vowing not to accept ‘one penny’ from speaker’s committees

By Joe Tabor

10/23/2020

The Democratic Party of Illinois campaign committee, chaired by House Speaker Mike Madigan, recently contributed to Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride’s retention campaign. Kilbride had sworn he would take no Madigan money.

TAGS: corruption, Illinois Supreme Court, Mike Madigan, Thomas Kilbride

Madigan spent millions to elect, retain Illinois Supreme Court Justice Kilbride

By Joe Tabor

10/09/2020

Committees controlled by the speaker of the Illinois House funded more than half of Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride’s campaign contributions in 2010. Kilbride is up for retention again this year.

TAGS: Illinois Supreme Court, Mike Madigan, Thomas Kilbride

Illinois Supreme Court denies Chicago police union request to destroy misconduct records

By Mailee Smith

06/19/2020

While Illinois law explicitly states union contracts trump all other state laws, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled a police contract allowing the destruction of disciplinarily records defies public policy and cannot be enforced.

TAGS: CPD: Chicago Police Department, Illinois Supreme Court, police misconduct, police union

New Mexico passes bipartisan pension reform

By Adam Schuster

03/10/2020

As Illinois elected leaders continue to delay action on pension reform, a broad and bipartisan coalition has succeeded in pushing for reforms to public employee benefits in New Mexico.

TAGS: COLA: cost of living adjustment, constitutional amendment, government unions, Illinois Supreme Court, JB Pritzker, New Mexico, pensions

Report: Justice Anne Burke ruled on 10 Supreme Court cases involving clients of her indicted husband

By Vincent Caruso

10/15/2019

Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke declined to recuse herself from at least 10 cases involving clients of Klafter & Burke, the private law firm co-owned by her husband, Ald. Ed Burke, a report states.

TAGS: Anne Burke, Ed Burke, Illinois Supreme Court

Anne Burke named chief justice of Illinois Supreme Court while husband faces corruption charges

By Vincent Caruso

09/11/2019

The Illinois Supreme Court elected Anne Burke chief justice as Ald. Ed Burke faces a 14-count indictment on federal corruption charges.

TAGS: Anne Burke, Chicago, Chicago City Council, corruption, Ed Burke, Illinois Supreme Court

Illinois Supreme Court upholds controversial Chicago food truck restrictions

By Joe Barnas

05/29/2019

The Illinois Supreme Court sided with the city of Chicago following a yearslong court battle over some of the nation’s toughest food truck restrictions.

TAGS: Chicago, food trucks, Illinois Supreme Court, regulations

Illinois Supreme Court: Union lobbyist can double pension for one day of teaching

By Vincent Caruso

04/05/2019

Illinois’ high court ruled a former union employee who worked a single day in the classroom is eligible to receive a decade’s worth of teacher pension benefits.

TAGS: Illinois Supreme Court, income tax, municipal pensions, pension guarantee, pensions, progressive income tax, SERS: State Employee Retirement System, taxes, TRS: Teachers’ Retirement System

Amid heavy ticketing, challenge to Chicago food truck regulations heads to Illinois Supreme Court

By Vincent Caruso, Joe Barnas

05/31/2018

Chicago’s regulatory roadblocks have derailed opportunity for the city’s food truck entrepreneurs. As a challenge to those restrictions reaches Illinois’ high court, the outcome of the case could be felt statewide.

TAGS: Chicago, CPD: Chicago Police Department, food trucks, Illinois Supreme Court, regulations