Jerry's Journal

• ROCKFORD -- Rockford’s unemployment rate remains highest in state at 12.5 percent
• CHICAGO -- Chicago alderman pushes satellite dish crackdown
• CERRO GORDO -- Cerro Gordo ambulance service shuts down
• PEKIN -- Pekin won't offer e-waste service
• CHARLESTON -- Mayor to rule on city liquor ordinance violations

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• PEORIA METRO -- Area unemployment last month slightly up
• KANKAKEE COUNTY -- Kankakee County: Landfill moratorium mulled
• KNOX COUNTY -- Unions say Knox County trying to bust them
• WOODFORD COUNTY -- Woodford County Zoning Board approves wind energy revisions
• CENTRAL ILLINOIS -- Farmland prices in Central Illinois continue historic rise

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• Nybo, Sandack Call for IL Legislative Term Limits
• State handgun licenses jump 6.1%
• Illinois: State police targeted for budget cuts
• Illinois: Call for independent actuary to review pension systems
• 12 percent increase in state higher education funding goes to pensions

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• The Public Respects Civility, But Rewards Rudeness
• State pension assets, earnings grew in 2010
• Economic gauge rises 0.4% in December
• Durable goods data underlines economic momentum
• Indiana House passes right-to-work bill

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• Fifth Circuit Puts the Kubosh on Houston Red-Light Cameras
• Supreme Court releases rules for cameras in courtrooms
• Madigan sues Standard & Poor’s for allegedly enabling financial meltdown
• Illinois to allow courtroom cameras on ‘experimental basis’
• Sex Offender May Have a Case for Not Registering

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• Editorial: Geneva is smart to pass synthetic drugs ordinance
• Learning how Illinois works
• One of state’s biggest budget problems is that it doesn’t see millions saved for the billions
• ‘Green’ building rules good to establish
• A victory for East St. Louis voters

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• In re Marriage of O'Brien, 2011 IL 109039 (August 4, 2011)
• People v. White, 2011 IL 109689 (August 4, 2011)
• Genius v. County of Cook, 2011 IL 110239 (June 16, 2011)
• People ex rel. Department of Corrections v. Hawkins, 2011 IL 110792 (June 16, 2011)
• Studt v. Sherman Health Systems, 2011 IL 108182 (June 16, 2011)

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• People v. Simon, 2011 IL App (1st) 091197 (May 27, 2011)
• People v. Dennis, 2011 IL App (5th) 090346 (August 31, 2011)
• Hernandez v. Bernstein, 2011 IL App (1st) 102646 (August 19, 2011)
• People v. Dobbey, 2011 IL App (1st) 091518 (August 19, 2011)
• Doe v. Planned Parenthood, 2011 IL App (1st) 091849 (August 19, 2011)

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• Illinois Attorney General Opinion No. 11-001
• Illinois Attorney General Opinion No. 11-002

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• Goodyear Dunlop Tires v. Brown, No. 10-76 (U.S. June 27, 2011)
• U.S. v. Juvenile Male, No. 09-940 (U.S. June 27, 2011) (Per Curiam)
• J. McIntyre Machinery, LTD. v. Nicastro, No. 09-1343 (U.S. June 27, 2011)
• Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assoc., No. 08-1448 (U.S. June 27, 2011)
• Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett, No. 10-238 (U.S. June 27, 2011)

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• Wisconsin Right to Life State PAC v. Barland, No. 11-2623 (7th Cir. Dec. 12, 2011)
• Stevens v. Housing Authority, No. 10-2724 (7th Cir. December 1, 2011)
• Aleman v. Village of Hanover Park, No. 10-3523 (7th Cir. Nov. 21, 2011)
• Milestone v. City of Monroe, No. 10-1300 (7th Cir. Nov. 21, 2011)
• Damasco v. Clearwire Corp., No. 10-3934 (7th Cir. Nov. 18, 2011)

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• Quist v. Spiegel & Utrera, P.A., No. (N.D. Ill. July 1, 2011)
• Tipsword v. I.F.D.A. Services, Inc., Nos. 09–390–GPM (S.D. Ill. July 1, 2011)
• In re JPMorgan Chase Bank Home Equity Line of Credit Litigation, No. 10 C 3647 (N.D. Ill. June 30, 2011)
• Kidwell v. Eisenhauer, No. 09–CV–2179 (C.D. Ill. June 30, 2011)
• Rubloff Development Group, Inc. v. Saint Consulting Group, Inc., No 10 C 3917 (N.D. Ill. June 30, 2011)

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• Bernini v. City of St. Paul, No: 10-3552 (8th Cir. January 13, 2012)
• Wagner v. Jones, No. 10-2588 (8th Cir. December 28, 2011)
• Novotny v. Tripp County, No. 10-3811 (8th Cir. December 19, 2011)
• Cook v. ACS State & Local Solutions, No. 10-3818 (8th Cir. Dec. 15, 2011)
• Bravo v. City of Santa Maria, No. 09-55898 (9th Cir. Dec. 9, 2011)

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