A DeKalb County Circuit Court has granted a temporary restraining order to prevent an approximately $600,000 payout to former Northern Illinois University President Robert Baker, according to the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW).
Gov. Bruce Rauner's campaign committee has hired Matt Besler, president of the Illinois Opportunity Project, as its chief adviser, the non-profit advocacy announced on Monday.
The budget battle in the Illinois Statehouse has allowed workers' compensation fraud to continue largely unchecked, the law firm Keefe, Campbell, Biery & Associates (KCBA) contends.