Updated 5/11/2021 5:57 PM
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Tuesday that a Kendall County judge had found a registered sex offender who had been convicted twice during the 1990s to be a sexually violent person.
Judge John F. McAdams ordered 61-year-old Steven Casper to remain in the custody of the Illinois Department of Human Services for treatment.
Casper will be returned to a state hospital and detention facility in downstate Rushville.
Casper was convicted in 1999 of criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse and was sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually assaulting nine students who received private music lessons from him.
Originally published on May 11, 2021 9:29 pm
As a panel of state lawmakers prepares to grill members of Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration over how a COVID-19 outbreak at a state-run veterans’ home grew so massive it killed more than a quarter of the facility’s residents in the fall, Republicans in the Illinois House on Tuesday sent Attorney General Kwame Raoul a letter urging his office to open a criminal investigation into the matter.
The hearings and letter come on the heels of a damning report published by Pritzker’s office April 30, which places blame for the deadly viral outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home on a variety of factors, including lack of preparation, absentee leadership, lax COVID protocols and poor communication not just within the facility, but at the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
Sarah Mansur and Tim Kirsininkas
Capitol News Illinois
A federal judge invalidated a nationwide eviction moratorium on Wednesday but the decision will not impact the moratorium on rental evictions in Illinois, according to housing attorneys.
The decision from U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich involves the eviction moratorium issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that applied to all rental properties nationwide.
The CDC eviction moratorium, which was set to expire on June 30, was issued in an effort to prevent the further spread of COVID-19.
Impact of police reform discussed in county committee
Concerns about costs, ability to attract deputies voiced
Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com
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EDWARDSVILLE Concerns about the impact of police reforms both legislation that has passed and potential laws working through the system were discussed at the Madison County Board’s Judiciary Committee.
Local law enforcement administrators were generally opposed to legislation passed earlier this year, and were especially wary of some things that were eventually taken out of the law.
The two issues discussed Friday were requirements for body cameras, along with the associated costs. And, the potential end to “qualified immunity,” which protects individual officers from lawsuits.
Why federal judge s ruling on evictions won t affect Illinois Housing activists erect a sign in front of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker s house in Swampscott, Mass. A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control exceeded its authority when it imposed a federal eviction moratorium out of concern that having families move into shelters or share crowded conditions with relatives during the pandemic would further spread COVID-19. Associated Press/Oct. 14, 2020
Capitol News Illinois
Updated 5/6/2021 3:22 PM
SPRINGFIELD A federal judge invalidated a nationwide eviction moratorium on Wednesday, but the decision will not affect the moratorium on rental evictions in Illinois, according to housing attorneys.