Illinois doctors win parts of malpractice law changes
Physicians won many requested changes from the Illinois General Assembly aimed at curbing rising malpractice insurance costs. Bills allow long payouts over 250000, erase punitive damages, create nonbinding review panels, limit attorneys fees, and require itemized verdicts. Attorneys warn victims face more delays and a cruel long-term payout regime amid potential backlogs.
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Franklin Shaftan
Illinois General Assembly
House
Senate
John D. Hayes
Chicago Bar Association
Hayes
Paired school issue stirs community election plans
Parents meeting leaders push for new faces on the school board as terms of several members expire in November. Joy Rogers and Muriel Dawson face possible unseating while Rogers backs the paired plan. Candidates may file May 28 to August 19 with a Park Forest library meeting set for June 19 to announce contenders.
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Kyler
Sally Westley
Joy Rogers
Muriel Dawson
Park Forest
Sons
Jahn
Parents map orientation as district splits into new schools
The advisory committee and Parents for Family Schools aim to keep communication open during the transition to the new system. Fact sheets outline orientation dates for Arcadia Indiana Matteson Sauk and Matte son schools with sessions for parents scheduled from June 3 to June 5. Both groups share the goal of excellent education despite differing methods and plans to slate candidates in November.
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Arcadia
Indiana
Matteson and Sauk
Matteson School
Sauk School
Advisory Committee
Parents For Family Schools
Ward
District 159 ends busing for special education students
District 159 will no longer transport its 22 special education children to outside schools. Acting on a Supt. Tesmond recommendation, the board approved the change to house additional students in district classrooms to save on busing costs and to receive room-rent funds from the Southwest Cook County Cooperative Association for Special Education.
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Board of Education
Donald Tesmond
Tesmond
Southwest
Cook County Cooperative Association For
RWS Builders
Inheritance Alleged as Source of Wealth in Matteson Drug Raid
The sealed complaint filed in Chicago accuses Hill and his long term partner Eleania Bolar of purchases totaling over 200000 between 1984 and 1985. Investigators found 260000 in cash and 50000 in jewelry in a safe deposit box, while six more boxes yielded no cocaine. Neighbors doubted his ties to crime and the seizure included fur coats crystal and Wedgewood. Authorities expect auctions of seized assets to fund narcotics prosecutions and share proceeds with state and local agencies.
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U.S
Charles P. Korcoras
Hill
Eleania Bolar
Drexel National Bank
Chicago
Peter Wilkes
Wilkes
Justice Department
Library Bonds Rejected Amid Site Debate in April Election
Voters rejected a 1.5 million library bond amid a split board dispute over site location. Feehery said boards seek the best facility whether at 207th Street and School Avenue or elsewhere. Opponents prefer west of I 57 citing more potential users. The current Oakwood school area houses the library as overcrowding persists.
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Feehery
207Th Street
School Avenue
Sline
Oakwood School
Fire safety tips for home escape planning
The article emphasizes using extra minutes from early smoke detector alerts to escape safely. It advises crawling to avoid smoke inhalation, practicing two safe exits from each room, and having materials ready to aid in saving lives during a fire.
Educator Faces Contested Evaluation and Salary Cut
Takash alleges a biased, premeditated evaluation after a new director and associate director were hired. He says he faced harassment, was reassigned to paperwork, then to field work, with a looming salary drop from 42,900 to 32,000 and pension cuts. The case, heard in a closed hearing, remains unresolved as officials decline comment.
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Takash
Jim Rebeck
Peggy Childs
Dulle
Weber
Longtime murder suspect faces second death charge
The article notes that Baughman faces murder charges for a second time in 15 years. In 1970 he was accused of fatally shooting Flossmoor police Sgt. Dean Pence, whose bullet-pierced body was found near Frankfort. Pence and Baughman were neighbors in Richton Hills. A Will county grand jury declined to indict then, citing insufficient evidence.
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Baughman
Flossmoor
Dean Pence
Will County
Frankfort
Pence
Richton Hills
Richton Park
Heariny
Turkeys Talk Back When Angered in Jokes
A cheeky play on turkey behavior as a joke about anger and social quirks. The piece weaves puns about money, work, and family resemblances with a humorous jab at consumer culture and home furnishings from J. Newman & Son at 18121 Harwood, Homewood.
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J. Newman & Son
Harwood
Homewood
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Don Yost
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