Live Breaking News & Updates on Illinois Constitutional Convention

Stay updated with breaking news from Illinois constitutional convention. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Jeff Rankin: Kirkwood native preserved her father's banking legacy

Jeff Rankin: Kirkwood native preserved her father’s banking legacy
Jeff Rankin
The Rankin File
Growing up in Monmouth during the 1970s, one of the interesting landmarks I recall was a circular brick fountain in front of the National Bank of Monmouth’s Colonial Drive-In on East Broadway. It was particularly memorable because of a recurring nighttime prank by members of a Monmouth College sorority, who would drop a Salvo laundry tablet into the basin and by morning the fountain would be overflowing with suds.
Affixed to the masonry was a bronze plaque, announcing that it was the Myra Tubbs Ricketts Memorial Fountain. I always chuckled at that name, especially having no idea who Mrs. Ricketts was or why a fountain would be named for her. A few years later, however, when I became an employee of the National Bank, I would learn all about the Tubbs and Ricketts families, and about Myra’s prominent role in the bank’s history. ....

New York , United States , Rocky Mountain , University Of Chicago , France General , Warren County , Erie Canal , Northwestern University , Monmouth College , Elisabeth Palmer , Henry Tubbs Ricketts , Willard Tubbs , Young America , William Hanna , Betsy Eldridge , John Sofield , Jeff Rankin , Walter Palmer , Henry Tubbs , Myra Tubbs Ricketts , Howard Taylor Ricketts , Committee On Banks , Warren County Library , Illinois Constitutional Convention , Republican National Conventions , National Bank ,

New legislative district lines are offensive to Illinois Constitution

State charter reads, "Legislative Districts shall be compact, contiguous and substantially equal in population." ....

United States , Mike Madigan , Dred Scott , Jim Nowlan , Illinois Constitutional Convention , Supreme Court , Illinois Supreme Court , Illinois Constitution , Illinois House , Constitutional Convention , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் , மைக் மடிகன் , திரெத் ஸ்காட் , ஜிம் நோவிலாங் , இல்லினாய்ஸ் அரசியலமைப்பு மாநாடு , உச்ச நீதிமன்றம் , இல்லினாய்ஸ் உச்ச நீதிமன்றம் , இல்லினாய்ஸ் அரசியலமைப்பு , இல்லினாய்ஸ் வீடு , அரசியலமைப்பு மாநாடு ,

Democratic maps fail compactness test

Democratic maps fail compactness test
cantondailyledger.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cantondailyledger.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.

United States , Mike Madigan , Dred Scott , Jim Nowlan , Illinois Constitutional Convention , Supreme Court , Illinois Supreme Court , Canton Daily , Illinois Constitution , Illinois House , Constitutional Convention , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் , மைக் மடிகன் , திரெத் ஸ்காட் , ஜிம் நோவிலாங் , இல்லினாய்ஸ் அரசியலமைப்பு மாநாடு , உச்ச நீதிமன்றம் , இல்லினாய்ஸ் உச்ச நீதிமன்றம் , கேன்டன் தினசரி , இல்லினாய்ஸ் அரசியலமைப்பு , இல்லினாய்ஸ் வீடு , அரசியலமைப்பு மாநாடு ,

Democratic maps fail compactness test

Democratic maps fail compactness test
Jim Nowlan
FacebookTwitterEmail
Democratic mapmakers in Springfield have crafted new legislative district lines that are so laughably offensive to the Illinois Constitution that the state Supreme Court will either have to reject them outright, or confirm the court’s reputation for partisan political corruptness. You decide this one for yourselves, readers.
The state charter is crystal clear: “Legislative Districts shall be compact, contiguous and substantially equal in population. Representative Districts shall be compact, contiguous, and substantially equal in population.”
Clear enough?
Merriam-Webster defines compactness as “closely and neatly packed together; dense.” A circle is perfectly compact. A box is compact. ....

United States , Mike Madigan , Dred Scott , Illinois Constitutional Convention , Illinois Supreme Court , Illinois House , Constitutional Convention , Jim Nowlan , Dred Scott , Mike Madigan , Supreme Court , Illinois Constitution , Merriam Webster , Illinois Supreme Court , Illinois Executive Ethics Commission , Civil War , Illinois Constitutional Convention , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் , மைக் மடிகன் , திரெத் ஸ்காட் , இல்லினாய்ஸ் அரசியலமைப்பு மாநாடு , இல்லினாய்ஸ் உச்ச நீதிமன்றம் , இல்லினாய்ஸ் வீடு , அரசியலமைப்பு மாநாடு , சிவப்பு ஸ்காட் ,

Cook County Clerk Loses Bid to Be Freed From Oversight

Downtown Chicago. (Photo via Jürgen Polle/Pixabay)
CHICAGO (CN) A set of decades-old consent decrees aimed at ending patronage in Illinois government will stay in place for now, a federal appeals panel ruled Friday.
The so-called Shakman decrees from 1972 and 1991 are still needed to oversee hiring practices, at least when it comes to the Cook County Clerk’s Office, according to the Seventh Circuit. However, the panel warned that the decrees had been in place for far too long.
“Permitting a consent decree over an arm of state or local government (here, the Cook County Clerk) to anchor itself on a federal docket for decades is inconsistent with our federal structure,” U.S. Circuit Judge Michael Y. Scudder, a Donald Trump appointee, wrote in the panel’s opinion. ....

United States , Cook County , Hinshaw Culbertson , Donald Trump , Sidneyi Schenkier , Richardj Daley , Michaels Kanne , Ronald Reagan , Polle Pixabay , Adamr Vaught , Frankh Easterbrook , Karen Yarbrough , Michaell Shakman , Briani Hays , Michaely Scudder , Levine Feldman , Illinois Constitutional Convention , Illinois Governor Office , Cook County Clerk Office , Democratic Party , Cook County Clerk , Judge Michael , Constitutional Convention , Chicago Mayor Richard , Courthouse News , Illinois Governor ,