BELLEVILLE - The city of Belleville, Belleville Community School District 201 and Lindenwood University are in agreement: with growth comes tremendous opportunity.
   Tangible evidence of this is the university's move across the river to establish its first-ever Illinois campus.
   Lindenwood University President Dennis Spellmann says partnering [continue]

   SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich has signed into law a revised version of employers' liability legislation that opens the door to larger judgments in lawsuits against employers, manufacturers and other parties.
   Blagojevich received a resubmitted version of House Bill 2784 - also known as the Several Liability Act - sponsored by Chicago Democratic State Sen. John Cullerton.
   Illinois trial attorneys rewrote the legislation in the spring after the Illinois Supreme Court in November declared that the initial law was unconstitutional.
   Under the previous version of the act, defendants were liable based on their degree of responsibility. Under the revised act that Blagojevich signed into law June 4, defendants' fault is allocated based on their ability to pay.
   What this means to Illinois businesses:an employer can face 100 percent liability even if a court has ruled its fault in an accident is less than 25 percent.
   According to the Illinois Civil Justice League, the law can now hold any third party liable to any degree in lawsuits specific to construction, product liability [continue]