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Lawyers to seek enforcement of decades-old DCFS consent decree

Cook County Public Guardian’s office says foster children still in danger

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) – Lawyers who represent children in the state’s foster care system plan to ask a federal judge this week to take enforcement action against the Department of Children and Family Services, claiming the agency is still out of compliance with a nearly 30-year-old consent decree. “This December will mark the 30th anniversary of the consent decree in this case. Yet even after three decades, DCFS remains in woeful violation of most all of its promises to the children […]

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First Latina appointed to represent former Madigan Chicago district

Edward Kodatt, Madigan’s initial appointee, resigned

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) — Former Speaker Michael Madigan chose a second replacement to fill the House seat he vacated last week after he publicly urged his first appointee to step down for “alleged questionable conduct,” the exact details of which remain unclear. Angelica Guerrero Cuellar was nominated by Madigan on Thursday during the brief meeting of the five Democratic committeepersons who represent the Chicago wards and Stickney Township within the 22nd District. Guerrero Cuellar, a 30-year resident of Chicago’s southwest side, is the […]

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Madigan’s handpicked successor Kodatt resigns after serving three days

Reason for resignation remains unclear

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) — Edward Guerra Kodatt, who was appointed Sunday to replace former Speaker Michael Madigan, resigned abruptly Wednesday after Madigan and Chicago Ald. Marty Quinn issued a statement Tuesday night urging Kodatt to step down in light of unspecified “alleged questionable conduct.” Madigan announced Wednesday he would back Angelica Guerrero Cuellar, the candidate who received the second-highest number of votes on Sunday. Kodatt, 26, is listed as a former member of the House of Representatives on the Illinois General Assembly’s website. […]

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Madigan chooses Kodatt as House replacement

Appoints Latino to fill seat representing majority Latino community

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) – Former state Rep. Michael Madigan, 78, handpicked his successor on Sunday when he voted to fill the House seat he resigned from on Thursday, marking the end of his 50-year career in the state General Assembly. Out of 10 candidates, Madigan voted for Edward Guerra Kodatt, a 26-year-old employee of Madigan’s 13th ward organization on the southwest side of Chicago, who is of Ecuadorian descent and bilingual. Vacancies in the 22nd House District are filled by vote of the […]

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Hearings for Macon County sheriff’s race concludes

Written arguments will now settle ongoing legal battle between Brown and Root

DECATUR -- While the courtroom hearings have concluded and the legal battle to determine whether Macon County Sheriff Tony Brown, a Democrat, retains his position or Republican challenger and fellow officer Lt. Jim Root takes over for the remainder of the term is, in some ways, just beginning. Both Brown and Root appeared in a Macon County courtroom on Thursday, Feb. 11 in a final scheduled hearing before Judge Anna M. Benjamin, who was brought in from Champaign County to […]

todayFebruary 20, 2021 24

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Montgomery County CEO visits Nokomis businesses

Local businesses share knowledge with students

NOKOMIS -- Members of the Montgomery County CEO (MCCEO) Class of 2021 split their time visiting two businesses in downtown Nokomis on Wednesday, Feb. 3. One group gathered at Ugly Mugs Coffeehouse, owned by Tim and Ann Brookshire. Points of discussion during the session included various topics of seeing potential in the impossible. The Brookshires purchased the building at 125 W. Main Street “as is” and renovated it into a first-level business, which houses Ugly Mugs as well as an […]

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UPDATED: Madigan resigns from Illinois House effective immediately

Does not announce plans for state Democratic Party chairmanship

Published 02-18-2021 12:24 PM Updated 02-18-2021 6:00 PM SPRINGFIELD (CNI) — Former House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, 78, announced Thursday he will step down from the state House of Representatives after 50 years in office. “I leave office at peace with my decision and proud of the many contributions I’ve made to the state of Illinois, and I do so knowing I’ve made a difference,” Madigan wrote in a lengthy emailed statement. His initial statement said he plans to retire […]

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Pritzker outlines $41.6 billion budget with flat spending

Plan relies heavily on federal funds, corporate tax changes

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) – Gov. JB Pritzker outlined a $41.6 billion budget proposal Wednesday that would hold most state agencies at flat funding levels but which relies heavily on changes to the state’s corporate tax structure that lawmakers have not yet approved. The budget proposal, which is only the governor’s request for lawmakers in the General Assembly, does not call for income tax increases. Over the next four months, lawmakers will work on an operating budget of their own to send to […]

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High court offers rules for remote criminal hearings

Chief Justice says guidelines will help address case backlog

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) — The state’s highest court issued new rules last week to help courts transition to remote hearings for criminal cases as the pandemic continues to disrupt court operations statewide. Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Anne Burke said the order “provides guidance for our courts to address the backlog of criminal cases created by the COVID-19 pandemic,” in a news release last week. Courthouses shut their doors last March, allowing only essential matters to be held in-person and temporarily […]

todayFebruary 15, 2021 29

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