Although unimpressed with Paul Frye's style, a three-judge panel dismissed a sex-discrimination lawsuit that former players filed against Frye and other school officials for his use of 'crude and vulgar' language in motivating his players.
Jim Dey
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Jim Dey is a staff writer for The News-Gazette. His email is jdey@news-gazette.com.
In a sense, well-off states become more well off because of the kind of people they attract. That’s because movers aren’t just bringing themselves and their families, but their socio-economic status.
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The Illinois House speaker — owing to a variety of pending criminal investigations and some unappetizing disclosures related to a close associate — has become a punching bag of sorts.
U.S. Supreme Court opinions are the judicial equivalent of thunderbolts hurled down from Mt. Olympus — fiery missives that can land just about anywhere with significant consequences. Ten days ago, one hit a Champaign County courtroom.
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'I felt very attached to him very quickly,' said Tori Worthen, who adopted him on New Year's Eve after having helped treat him at the UI's Small Animal Clinic earlier in the month. 'I just wanted to see him have a great life.'
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Illinois’ child-protection agency issued a 384-page report this week that revealed in excruciating detail what already was obvious: State child-protection workers fail too often and at too high a cost.
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An opinion from a California federal judge last week ruled that a woman contemplating litigation against the maker of Diet Dr Pepper would have been better served by consulting a lexicographer than a lawyer.
Politicians like J.B. Pritzker occupy special places on the planet where the things they either say or don’t say are explained away by their public-relations representatives.
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Laurel Prussing went to the well one too many times, and it didn’t end well.
It can’t be easy to be trans anywhere in modern society. So it’s got to be far worse for trans people in Illinois prisons.