Feds accuse ex-IL suburban top cop of laundering $1.25M

By   /  April 20, 2012  /  News, Statehouse News Online, Supreme Courts Temp, Top State News  /  No Comments

By Jayette Bolinski | Illinois Statehouse News

SPRINGFIELD — A former Country Club Hills police chief was arraigned on federal charges Friday for allegedly laundering a $1.25 million state grant in 2009 and using it to pay off personal debt.

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Week in review: WI election season in full swing

By   /  April 13, 2012  /  Governor, News, State Budgets, State Elections, State Government, State House, State Senate, Statehouse News Online, Supreme Courts Temp, Top State News  /  No Comments

By Kirsten Adshead | Wisconsin Reporter

MADISON – It’s always election season in Wisconsin, and this week was no different.

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Revised redistricting maps may hold twist for PA Senate

By   /  April 11, 2012  /  News, State Elections, State Senate, Statehouse News Online, Supreme Courts Temp  /  No Comments

By Eric Boehm | PA Independent

HARRISBURG — The panel in charge of redrawing the state’s district lines is scheduled to meet Thursday, with the stated goal of finally voting on new district lines.

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PA gov signs reforms in wake of ‘Kids-for-Cash’ scandal

By   /  April 9, 2012  /  Governor, News, State Senate, Statehouse News Online, Supreme Courts Temp  /  No Comments

By Eric Boehm | PA Independent

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Corbett signed two bills into law intended to protect children in Pennsylvania’s criminal court system after a major scandal in which several juveniles were incarcerated improperly.

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High court: Lower courts must hear Cook Co. gun ban challenge

By   /  April 5, 2012  /  News, State Government, Statehouse News Online, Supreme Courts Temp, Top State News  /  No Comments

By Anthony Brino | Illinois Statehouse News
SPRINGFIELD — A ban on assault-style weapons can be challenged in the lower courts, which dismissed lawsuits arguing that the ban is unconstitutional, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

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