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Berkeley County Council to settle suit with county employee
matthewu@herald-mail.comThe Berkeley County Council on Thursday agreed in a 4-0 vote to settle a lawsuit by a county employee, who claimed she was wrongfully terminated in October 2011. Sharon Chaffee, who filed the lawsuit in April, was reinstated as an at-will employee in...Tags: Ethics, Judges, Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Unemployment
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Tinley settles overtime lawsuit with cop for $40,000
The Village of Tinley Park has settled a federal lawsuit filed by the village's K-9 handler in 2011, court records show. Tinley Park agreed to pay K-9 officer Bob Diorio $40,000 to settle the lawsuit, according to the confidential settlement agreement...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Justice System, Trials
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Editorial: Keep that public access door open
Recently, the office of Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has taken the position that it does not have to comply with the requirements of Virginia's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a law intended to provide broad public access to government...Tags: Bob McDonnell, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch, The Washington Post
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Casino bill would give city unparalleled control
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing lawmakers to pass a gambling bill that would allow the city to weigh its choice of a casino operator in secret and forbid state regulators from taking away its license. The legislation also would grant the mayor authority...
Tags: Litigation and Regulation, Illinois Governor, Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch, Louis I Lang
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Weed law in Chicago sends native plant gardeners to court
Chicago's growing season is still young, and so far the alleged villain in Kathy Cummings' garden is only 2 inches tall. By summer's peak, however, the accused will stand 4 gangly feet once again, and once again someone is sure to mistake it for a weed....
Tags: Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Justice System
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Chicago casino means corruption
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is promoting a casino at an undisclosed location over which he’d have incredible power. The bidding process to choose a vendor would be sealed, and records would be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act until after the vendor...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Political Corruption, Chicago Mayor
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LETTER: No Secret Pardon Proceedings
The Judiciary Committee of the General Assembly has moved a bill that would make secret much of the work of the state Board of Pardons and Paroles [May 12, Jon Lender column, "Lights Dim On Freedom Of Information"]. It will exempt pardon applications...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, John F. Kennedy, Civil Rights, Justice System, Justice and Rights
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Michigan House committee to debate FOIA fees cap
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan House committee is expected to take up a bill that would restrict how much government agencies can charge for Freedom of Information Act requests. The House Oversight Committee is expected to consider the bill...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Freedom of Information Laws, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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Caroline Baum: Federal Reserve handicaps race of its own making
Ed Koch, the late mayor of New York City, used to stop residents on the street and ask, "How am I doing?" With next month marking the four-year anniversary of the end of the 2007-2009 recession, the longest and deepest since the Great Depression, it...Tags: Services and Shopping, Economic Indicator, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Federal Reserve, Real Estate
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State Shouldn't Make Pardons Process Secret
The latest attempt to draw the curtain of secrecy around state government would exempt pardon applications from the Freedom of Information Act. It is baneful. Like so many similar proposals introduced in the General Assembly this year, it amounts to...Tags: Bob Godfrey, Crime, Law and Justice, Substance Abuse, Democratic Party, Politics
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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District files to fire assistant director
Officials at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District this week moved to fire an assistant director who had spent more than a year on paid leave during an internal investigation. In the formal termination documents filed with the Chicago-based water...Tags: Science and Technology, Corporate Crime, Wage Contract Issues, Career and Workplace, Collective Contract
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City contract seekers donate to Emanuel despite his own ban
Leaders of a tech firm seeking a city contract donated $15,000 to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's campaign fund, despite Emanuel's own executive order banning contributions from vendors trying to get city business. The donations linked to a company that uses...
Tags: Illinois Governor, Rahm Emanuel, Merchandise Mart, Advertising, Lobbying
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