Kurth Lampe

Today, one day after Calumet City Clerk Nyota Figgs was forced to file a lawsuit against Calumet City Mayor and State Representative Thaddeus Jones for repeatedly interfering with her ability to do her job including locking her out of her office,...

Today City Clerk and Collector of Calumet City, Nyota Figgs ("Clerk Figgs"), through her attorneys, The Royko Group, LLC, filed a complaint against Calumet City Mayor and State Representative Thaddeus Jones because of his interference in the performance..

Paul's family and team are exceptionally pleased that the European Parliament continues its strong condemnation of the illegal arrest, detention and conviction of Paul Rusesabagina by the Rwandan government.

It is now 15 days since Paul Rusesabagina was convicted in his Show Trial in Rwanda and sentenced to 25  years in prison.

The sham trial of Paul Rusesabagina ended on September 20th, when he was found guilty on eight of nine charges. The guilty verdict was no surprise to his family and team, since this trial was clearly political from the start.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Today Alexi Giannoulias proposed a policy that Pat Dowell has presented more than a month ago. It is a good idea, as it was when Dowell talked about it in much great detail and with policy proposals on August 16.

This morning  the Show Trial of Paul Rusesabagina ended with a guilty verdict on eight of nine charges and was sentenced to 25 years prison. A guilty verdict was expected from the beginning.

The Rwandan government has said that the verdict in the trial of Paul Rusesabagina will be shown on the following link at 11:00 a.m. local time from Kigali, Rwanda. Please find the link to watch the verdict live here and at bottom of this press release.

The Rwandan government has said that they intend to announce the Rusesabagina trial verdict on Monday, September beginning at 11:00 am local time in Kigali, Rwanda. The proceedings will likely take at least a couple of hours.

Why is Rita Mayfield, an Illinois State Representative from the 60th District, who represents Waukegan, North Chicago, Gurnee, Beach Park and Park City, being paid $5,000 a month as a consultant to Calumet City? This consulting fee in addition to her...