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The Illinois Public Access Counselor ( PAC) is an attorney in the office of the Illinois Attorney General who is responsible for enforcing the state's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Open Meetings Act (OMA). The PAC is the head of the Public Access Bureau, a group of more than one dozen attorneys who process complaints against public ...
The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Illinois is the federal prosecuting office for cases arising in 38 counties in Southern Illinois. The Office is headquartered in Fairview Heights and also has branch offices in Benton and East St. Louis. William E. Trautmann 1905-10 [4] Charles A. Karch 1914-1918? James G ...
Robert Leslie Shapiro (born September 2, 1942) is an American attorney and entrepreneur. He is best known for being the short-term defense lawyer of Erik Menéndez in 1990, and a member of the " Dream Team " of O. J. Simpson 's attorneys that successfully defended him from the charges that he murdered his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson , and Ron ...
Illinois Public Access Opinion 16‑006 is a binding opinion of the Illinois Attorney General pursuant to the state's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Issued in 2016 in the aftermath of the police murder of Laquan McDonald, the opinion addressed a public records request from Cable News Network (CNN) for private emails by officers of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) related to the incident.
Sangamon County Deputy Sean Grayson, who was indicted on charges of first-degree murder and other crimes in the July 6 killing of Sonya Massey, 36, is accused of shooting Massey in the face after ...
Jul. 6—WILKES-BARRE — Gov. Josh Shapiro this week joined prime sponsor Sen. Elder Vogel and bipartisan leaders from the General Assembly to sign SB 739 into law, expanding access to ...
The Illinois Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA / ˈfɔɪjə / FOY-yə ), 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq., is an Illinois statute that grants to all persons the right to copy and inspect public records in the state. The law applies to executive and legislative bodies of state government, units of local government, and other entities defined as "public bodies".
Cook County's top judge has asked state regulators to review allegations that an attorney was handcuffed to a chair after a judge kicked him out of her courtroom. Cook County Chief Judge Timothy ...