“Everyday parents send their children — many of whom have known food allergies and many who have unknown food allergies — to school and out into the world,” Madigan said. “That gives you a sense of how important it is to have epinephrine in schools.”
Read More“Child pornography is not a victim-less crime,” Attorney General Lisa Madigan said. “Every file posted online depicts a child, sometimes just months old, being sexually abused. This crime destroys the lives of these innocent victims and is only further perpetuated when it spreads online.”
Read MoreEvery day across our nation, about two million people, including 73,000 in Illinois, go to work caring for people in their homes. They bathe our parents and grandparents, and administer their medications. They help our children with disabilities get dressed. They brush our sisters’ hair, and assist our brothers with shaving. They prepare meals for our elderly neighbors; monitor blood pressure for our aunts and uncles; help our friends with physical therapy exercises.
Read More“The spread of child pornography online has led to an epidemic of child exploitation,” Madigan said. “These criminals are lurking behind closed doors, trading and downloading vile images of children being sexually abused. What they may not realize, though, is that we can track what they’re doing online, and we will continue to be relentless in apprehending the state’s worst offenders for destroying the lives of these innocent victims.”
Read More"This relief will fully restore the losses Illinois' pension systems incurred as a result of Citigroup's fraudulent schemes in the mortgage-backed securities market, and it will provide much-needed aid to Illinois homeowners who are still paying for Wall Street's reckless actions," Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said in a statement.
Read MoreIllinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said she plans on Monday to file civil lawsuits against two firms—First American Tax Defense LLC and Broadsword Student Advantage LLC—that she alleges charge upfront fees to enroll borrowers in programs they could sign up for themselves at no cost.
Read MoreStudent loan debt hovers at more than $1 trillion, a threefold surge from a decade ago, and a record number of college students who graduated as the financial system nearly imploded have an average debt load of more than $20,000.
Read More“Planned Parenthood Illinois Action is endorsing Lisa Madigan because she believes that personal healthcare decisions should be left to a woman, her family, and her faith, with the counsel of her doctor or healthcare professional,” said Brite. “Lisa knows that women don’t turn to politicians or their bosses for advice about mammograms, prenatal care, or birth control. Politicians and bosses should not be involved in a woman’s personal medical decisions.”
Read More“It's disappointing that Peoples Gas rates are higher than any other natural gas provider in the Midwest, and it's shocking that they are asking for even more money from ratepayers,” Madigan said Wednesday in a statement.
Read MoreIn her filing late Tuesday with the ICC, Madigan said state law does not permit ComEd to include “incentive compensation expense that is based on net income or an affiliate's earnings per share” to be included in electricity rates.
Read MoreOf all the initiatives launched by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, the one we like best is “Operation Glass House.”
It uncovers human scum, and eventually sends them to prison for very long stays. If you worry about the nation dispatching too many people to prison, this is a group that will not trouble you.
Read MoreCorinthian Colleges, a for-profit company that operates career training schools, is in deep trouble. Last week, the U.S. Department of Education, which has been providing Corinthian with about $1.4 billion dollars annually in student grants and loans, sent Corinthian a letter saying the company had failed to provide the Department with requested information about its operations and placing a 21-day waiting period on new federal aid after submitting student enrollment data. Yesterday, Corinthian filed a document with the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing the education department letter and stating that if the Department does not change course, and if Corinthian cannot obtain other financing, “the Company’s cash flows will not be sufficient to meet its obligations as they become due, which would cause the Company to be unable to continue as a going concern.”
Read MoreIt marked the 61st arrest in Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s Operation Glass House, launched in August 2010 to track down the most active child pornographers.
Read More"Today's settlement is the latest action in my ongoing work to hold banks and servicers accountable for fraudulent conduct that affected thousands of Illinoishomeowners struggling to save their homes," Madigan said. "Similar to the national mortgage settlement, this settlement will provide loan refinancing and direct payments to harmed borrowers."
Read More“The defendants took unthinkable steps to attempt to avoid tax penalties and steal retirement funds from their coworkers,” Madigan said in a statement. “My office will ensure they are held accountable for concocting this elaborate, illegal scheme.”
Read MoreAt the same time, state Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office is leading a multistate investigation of mammoth loan servicer Sallie Mae in response to complaints that the lender's practices are misleading and opaque.
"We want to make sure we just don't have a generation of students who end up as debt slaves for the rest of their lives," Madigan said. "The whole goal of education is to give people opportunity."
Read MoreAttorney General Lisa Madigan today announced charges against a former Grundy County official for stealing $44,000 in county funds to spend on personal shopping trips, meals at restaurants and visits to hair and nail salons.
"This email is an outright scam," Madigan said. "Do not respond to anyone claiming to represent my office with demands for money or threatening prosecution."
Read MoreIn the same week that the General Assembly approved a referendum on the November ballot asking voters if the state’s minimum wage should be raised, a bill I proposed to help low-wage workers right now could be in jeopardy.
Read More“Small businesses in Illinois and across the country can’t afford to wait for Congressional action,” says Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who drafted proposed legislation that would make patent demand letters unlawful when the sender lacks a legal or factual basis to make a patent infringement claim.
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