This environmental litigation concerns Scott Air Force Base in St. Clair County. Plaintiff Lake Environmental, Inc., had engaged in asbestos cleanup work at the base. Its dispute with the Department of Public Health and its director, the defendants here, began in 2008, when the Department claimed that its regulations had been violated by plaintiffs cleanup efforts at the base.
Press Release: Champaign-Urbana MSA. The not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 4.9 percent in August 2015 from 6.5 percent in August 2014.
The Chicago Zoological Society, the defendant here, does business as Brookfield Zoo on land owned by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, with which it has a written agreement. In 2012, the zoo was sued for negligence by a woman who claimed that she had sustained injuries when she tripped and fell on one of the zoos paved pathways nearly two years earlier.
Press Release: Rockford MSA Highlights. Area employers advertised for 7,500 positions in August and approximately 84 percent sought full-time employment, according to Help Wanted OnLine data compiled by the Conference Board.