Illinois

Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral, but exposure to it can cause cancer in humans. (Photo: Connecticut Department of Public Health website.)ÃÂ

Energy and Environment

Appeals court upholds 10-year prison sentence for contractor over asbestos removal

Legal Newsline -

January 28, 2014 5:00 am

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (John Gress/Getty images)

Beltway Confidential

New questions raised about decision to let SEIU represent Illinois home health care workers

Sean Higgins -

January 27, 2014 5:00 am

Business

Illinois unemployment drops, but state sheds jobs

Washington Examiner -

January 24, 2014 11:36 pm

Politics

Illinois unions prepare attack on GOP’s Bruce Rauner

Associated Press -

January 23, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - This combo made of undated file photos provided by the Chicago Police Department shows from left, Brent Vincent Betterly, of Oakland Park, Fla., Jared Chase, of Keene, N.H., and Brian Church, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Opening statements are scheduled to begin Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago at the trial of the three men, who are charged under Illinois terrorism statutes with plotting Molotov cocktail attacks during the 2012 NATO summit in Chicago. (AP Photo/Chicago Police Department, File)

National Security

NATO trial openings ask: Terrorists or goofs?

Associated Press -

January 22, 2014 5:00 am

The Supreme Court raised questions Tuesday over whether home-based health care providers employed by state of Illinois can refuse to pay dues to the union that represents them. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Supreme Court weighs First Amendment case with ‘radical’ impact on public-sector unions

Sean Lengell -

January 21, 2014 5:00 am

The Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear a dispute regarding union fees that -- while failing to receive substantial media hype -- is poised to have major consequences on organized labor's recruiting. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Supreme Court ‘sleeper’ case on union dues has big impact on organized labor

Sean Lengell -

January 21, 2014 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Is Antonin Scalia the Supreme Court’s swing vote in a major Big Labor case?

Sean Higgins -

January 21, 2014 12:00 am

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan appealed a decision by the Illinois Pollution Control Board to allow Clinton Landfill Inc. to construct and operate a chemical waste landfill above the Mahomet Aquifer. (Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

Illinois attorney general appeals ruling in favor of landfill

Bryan Cohen -

January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is using the holiday weekend honoring Martin Luther King Jr. to continue pressing for raising Illinois' minimum wage to at least $10. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Illinois governor presses bid to raise minimum wage

Washington Examiner -

January 20, 2014 5:00 am

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