llinois House Speaker Michael Madigan wants to put curbs on Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s power, prompting a Republican leader to predict the legislature will “grind to a halt” this year.
Madigan, D-Chicago, is seeking to add a clause to most House bills preventing Blagojevich and his state agencies from writing their own rules about how to administer the laws.
Read More...The state treasurer’s office cleared another hurdle Friday in its efforts to sell the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Conference Center at auction.
Sangamon County Circuit Judge Patrick Londrigan entered a new foreclosure order that not only includes the hotel owners, but also the city of Springfield and the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority. Both entities have a financial stake in the downtown hotel.
Read More...A Sangamon County judge Monday halted a lawsuit challenging Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s authority to expand health-care programs on his own.
Judge Leo Zappa agreed with Blagojevich’s attorney that a similar lawsuit already filed in Cook County should be allowed to proceed unimpeded. Zappa said there’s a danger of different rulings coming out if both cases are adjudicated simultaneously.
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