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Under the new law, state House and Senate candidates must run in the primary to appear on the November general election ballot — a move leaving prospective candidates in the lurch, viewed as a power grab by the Democrat-led legislature.
In the wake of the expert's deposition in a case the district later settled for $800,000, state Rep. Curtis Tarver, D-Chicago, introduced a bill in Springfield this week to protect child sex abuse victims in court.
The team rejects comparisons to George Lucas' abandoned vision for Chicago's lakefront, but Bears execs say they've learned from it and studied other legal battles as they push a $4.7 billion stadium development plan.
The new law, which limits ballot access after primary elections, is likely to lead to claims of 'stolen elections' for years to come, the League of Women Voters writes. Republicans have now filed a lawsuit against the law.