Trial lawyers and injured workers dominated an eight-hour meeting before the Illinois House of Representatives on Tuesday, many echoing Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan's admonition not to engage the state workers' compensation system in a "race to the bottom."
Madigan called the rare committee-of-the-whole meeting to listen to testimony of injured workers and discuss Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposed changes to the system.
"Everyone wants to make Illinois as competitive as possible, but this side of the aisle will not join the other side in ...
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