Tag : Illinois News
Supreme Court title : Christian-Affiliated Hospital Pension Case to be Heard by U.S. Supreme Court
summary : U.S. Supreme Court justices on Friday agreed to hear future appeals from three Christian-affiliated hospital systems about previous court rulings that supported employee lawsuits accusing the hospitals' representatives of wrongly claiming religious exemptions from federal pension law. The effected employees allege the hospital systems actually are big businesses posing as church organizations to avoid minimum funding and reporting requirements on employee pension plans mandated by the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or ERISA.
date : Dec 06, 2016 03:13 PM EST
Garden of the Gods title : Garden of Gods: Kentucky Woman Dies in Wilderness After Falling 100 feet
summary : Melissa Riley, a 37-year-old Kentucky woman died after she fell roughly 100 feet near the Table Rock formation at Garden of the Gods in Illinois Wednesday. This wilderness area is located within Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois.
date : Jun 10, 2016 02:28 PM EDT
Illinois Courthouse Nativity Scene title : Atheist Group, Illinois Sheriff Locked in War of Words Over Nativity Scenes: 'I Won't Bow to Bullies'
summary : An Illinois sheriff called freethinking Freedom From Religion Foundation representatives oppressors, and is vowing not to back down from their legal threats after they said the two nativity scenes erected at the local courthouse last month were unconstitutional. The sheriff just penned an excoriating letter to the activists proclaiming he will not bow to "bullies."
date : Jan 29, 2016 01:48 PM EST