In Illinois, it is illegal to levy a tax for one purpose and to then divert the funds and spend them for another purpose.

It’s the correct decision. I’ve had tremendous confidence since I filed the lawsuit. It was such a clear-cut abuse of the tort fund. Because of this decision, the taxing bodies may have to pay 15...

School districts throughout the state are using the tort fund to balance their budgets because they can secretly, without voter approval, impose a virtually unlimited tax. This is a widespread practice throughout the State of...

However, these suits likely won’t move forward until the appeals process is finished in this initial case.