...The process of determining what a particular statute means so that a court may apply it accurately “Any question of statutory interpretation begins with looking at the plain language of...
...we have yet to see a single public official or employee held accountable for clear violations of law with the exception of the Tower Hill official several years ago. We...
...“During the course of the last year and previously the Sheriff of Shelby County has entered into agreements with individual members of the Bargaining Unit to provide additional pay, additional...
...scheduled. The indictment was announced by John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; Emmerson Buie, Jr., Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office of...
...in the Act that provides a cause of action against a public body for disclosure of information from a closed meeting. Swanson v. Board of Police Commissioners. 197 Ill. App.3d...
...“A Matter of Interpretation”: “A government of laws, not of men, means that the unexpressed intent of legislators must not bind citizens. Laws mean what they actually say, not what...
...upon the affirmative vote of at least 5 of its members”). Cooke agrees with this course of action, and the Committee raises no arguments to the contrary.” Considering the elevated...
...intent of the legislature. “The cardinal rule of statutory construction is to ascertain and give effect to the intent of the legislature. People v. Ward, 215 Ill. 2d 317, 324...
Wesley Township, IL. (ECWd) – A two-year Plenary Stalking / Order of Protection was issued by a Will County Judge against Wesley Township gadfly John Norton this morning. Allegations against...
...the Justice Department’s Criminal Division made the announcement. The FBI’s Indianapolis Field Office and the Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, Chicago Regional Office investigated the case. Trial Attorneys...