Becker Hoerner News Today

BELLEVILLE – Statutes of limitation don’t operate on weekends according to Circuit Judge Heinz Rudolf, who ruled that Abigail Hoerner could proceed with an injury suit she filed on a Monday.

Two races for circuit court vacancies in St. Clair County have Democrat candidates leading Republican candidates in campaign financing by large margins due primarily to contributions from local and Chicago plaintiff lawyers.

BENTON – Belleville didn’t discriminate or retaliate against police sergeant Kimberly Fulkerson, U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle ruled on Aug. 25.

SPRINGFIELD - In the last four calendar years, State Rep. Jay Hoffman (D-Belleville) has pulled in $2.8 million in itemized campaign contributions for a job that pays less than a base salary of $70,000 a year.

A former Metro East Sanitary District employee claims he was wrongfully terminated by a “newly Democratic-controlled MESD board” with a history of rewarding political supporters.  “Unfortunately, the MESD has long made employment decisions based on political affiliations at great risk to those living within its jurisdiction and detriment of public trust in the government and morale of government employees,” plaintiff Cedric Irby’s suit states. Irby filed an amended complaint alleging...