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Quinn set aside $4 million in federal disaster recovery funds for the project in 2010. Work to clear the property had previously stopped when Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan sued Harvey over asbestos removal in 2005. Ed Paesel, executive...
Illinois government is getting between $100 million and $110 million from the settlement over questionable home foreclosure practices by some of the nation’s biggest banks. That’s on top of roughly $1 billion in relief that will go directly to consumers.
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 09: U.S. President Barack Obama (2L) greets Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan (4L) and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (4R) after speaking about the details of a $26 billion housing settlement between federal and... View Photo »
We are only at the beginning of this battle to protect young people from these deadly products ... In order to ensure a strong, effective response to these drugs, law enforcement officials are prosecutors in every county of Illinois need to be empowered with information and other resources to fight this...
Ill. Illinois government is getting between $100 million and $110 million from the settlement over questionable home foreclosure practices by some of the nation's biggest banks. That's on top of roughly $1 billion in relief that will go directly to...
Ill. (AP) Attorney General Lisa Madigan opposes using Illinois' money from a major mortgage settlement to help prop up the budget, an idea being considered in at least two neighboring states. In addition to about $1 billion for consumers, Illinois...
Ill. In addition to about $1 billion for consumers, Illinois government gets roughly $100 million from the settlement over foreclosure activities by some of the nation's biggest banks. A Madigan spokeswoman says the attorney general decides how to use...
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 09: U.S. President Barack Obama (2R), joined by (L-R) Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, speaks about the details of a $26... View Photo »
The telephone calls from mid-November to the date of his arrest, December 8, 2008, reflect that Defendant Blagojevich’s first choice is to select Lisa Madigan in return for the agreement that Michael Madigan would pass certain legislation.
The proposed settlement with staff of the Illinois Commerce Commission was disclosed Monday in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. It was first reported by Crain’s Chicago Business. The Citizens Utility Board and Illinois Attorney General Lisa...
But the date and amount of the refund won’t be decided until the Illinois Commerce Commission, the body responsible for rate setting, grants final approval. Other parties needed to resolve the issue, such as the Citizens Utility Board and Illinois...
Lisa Madigan (born July 30, 1966 in Chicago, Illinois) has been the 41st Attorney General of the U.S. state of Illinois since 2002, when she became the first female attorney general for Illinois. She is a Democrat and the adopted daughter of Michael Madigan, who has been Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives for most of the last... Full Article
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 09: Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller (R) speaks as North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper (L) and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan (2nd L) look on during a news conference February 9, 2012 at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC. Holder...
View Photo »Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, to discuss a settlement regarding mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuse.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 09: U.S. President Barack Obama (2L) greets Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan (4L) and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (4R) after speaking about the details of a $26 billion housing settlement between federal and state officials and mortgage lenders,...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 09: U.S. President Barack Obama (2R), joined by (L-R) Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, speaks about the details of a $26 billion housing settlement between...
View Photo »U.S.Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan (R) listens to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan (at podium) during a news conference February 9, 2012 in Washington that announced the federal government and 49 state attorneys general have reached a $25 billion agreement with...
View Photo »Connecticut Attorney General George Jespen listens at left as Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, where they discussed a settlement regarding mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuse.
View Photo »From left, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler, and others listen as Attorney General Eric Holder announced a settlement regarding mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuse, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012,...
View Photo »US President Barack Obama speaks about the home loan mortgage settlement between US states and five leading banks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House in Washington, DC, February 9, 2012. The US Justice Department announced a $25 billion settlement...
View Photo »U.S. President Barack Obama gives details of the $26 billion deal to settle charges of widespread mortgage fraud by some of the nation's largest banks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, February 9, 2012. Pictured (L-R) are Connecticut...
View Photo »U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (R) announces during a news conference February 9, 2012 in Washington that the federal government and 49 state attorneys general have reached a $25 billion agreement with the nation's five largest mortgage servicers to address mortgage loan servicing...
View Photo »President Barack Obama speaks about a mortgage settlement, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in the Eisenhower Executive Office building on the White House complex in Washington. From left are, Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, Illinois...
View Photo »Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan speaks during a news conference at the DOJ in Washington D.C. December 21, 2011.
View Photo »Illinois House Speaker, Michael Madigan, left, his wife Shirley Madigan, and their daughter, Illinois Attorney General, Lisa Madigan, right, leave the funeral of Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's wife Maggie Daley out at Old St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Chicago after her funeral...
View Photo »US President Barack Obama speaks about the home loan mortgage settlement between US states and five leading banks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House in Washington, DC, February 9, 2012. The US Justice Department announced a $25 billion settlement...
View Photo »Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, left, and Assistant Vermont Attorney General Elliot Burg, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 13, 2011, before the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on "Unauthorized Charges on Telephone Bills: Why Crammers Win and Consumers...
View Photo »From left; Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Assistant Vermont Attorney General Elliot Burg, Susan Eppley of Decatur, Georgia; Xigo, LLC CEO David Spofford and U.S. Telecom Association President and CEO Walter McCormick, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 13, 2011,...
View Photo »Attorney General Eric Holder, center, walks between Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, center left, and Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez, center right, while entering a news conference to announce a fair lending settlement at the Department of Justice in...
View Photo »Gun owners and supporters show their support during Gun Owners' Lobby Day at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. , Thursday, March 10, 2011. They are angry over Attorney General Lisa Madigan's recent decision to make public the names and other personal information belonging...
View Photo »Illinois Rep. Ron Stephens, R-Greenville, argues state legislation on the House floor at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. , Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office has ruled the state police must release their list of everyone in Illinois...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 09: Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller (R) speaks as North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper (L) and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan (2nd L) look on during a news conference February 9, 2012 at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC. Holder...
View Photo »We are only at the beginning of this battle to protect young people from these deadly products ... In order to ensure a strong, effective response to these drugs, law enforcement officials are prosecutors in every county of Illinois need to be empowered with information and other resources to fight this...
The telephone calls from mid-November to the date of his arrest, December 8, 2008, reflect that Defendant Blagojevich’s first choice is to select Lisa Madigan in return for the agreement that Michael Madigan would pass certain legislation.
Even though you normally commit these crimes in your home, we can see you. With technology, you live in a glass house ... We will look for you, we will find you, and we will charge you.
However, the telephone recordings and other evidence also reflect Mr. Blagojevich was only considering accepting the offer for the appointment of Jesse Jackson, Jr., if he was unable to obtain the political deal for the appointment of Lisa Madigan.
With the help of the Rock Island police and the state's attorney's office, we brought charges in the most horrific case we've seen since we began Operation Glass House ... What started as an investigation into possession of child pornography ultimately led to the discovery that the suspect was engaged i...
The defendant was convicted of considering accepting a bribe for the appointment. There is no evidence he would not [sic] have actually accepted the bribe, because the Lisa Madigan deal was his first choice and there was evidence it could happen.
We have a 6-year-old and 3-year-old in our home ... Every parent, especially of young children, should read 'Trouble In Toyland' because it goes through, in a very comprehensive manner, all the issues that you need to think about on this.
Furthermore, there is not a preponderance of evidence that the bribe offered by emissaries of Jesse Jackson, Jr. was ‘to be received’ as the telephone records, corroborated by Mr. Emanuel, reflect appointing Lisa Madigan was the defendant’s first choice and the deal to make that happen was moving forwar...
We can no longer allow debt collectors to pervert the courts
Furthermore, the evidence does support that until the date of his arrest, Mr. Blagojevich was pursing [the Lisa Madigan] option, and individuals, such as Mr. Emanuel, had agreed to broker such a deal with Mr. Madigan.
In certain telephone calls from Mid- November, defendant said that Lisa Madigan was his first choice. . .
