Michael J. Berens – Page 2

Gov. Rauner ends tax break for firms that add jobs in one place, cut in another

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner is halting a practice that let dozens of companies collect millions of dollars in tax breaks for creating jobs at one office while eliminating a greater number...

Jim Schultz, director of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, called dozens of the EDGE tax break deals "very distasteful."

Illinois businesses get lucrative EDGE tax breaks, fall short of job goals

June 14, 2024 at 6:49 p.m.

Illinois' flagship job program has awarded millions of dollars to companies that never hired an additional employee. It's doled out millions more in tax breaks for corporations that eliminated jobs...

`Death’ investors at risk

January 29, 2019 at 9:24 p.m.

Inconsistent oversight of viatical companies and uneven enforcement by Illinois regulators leave buyers--who purchase someone else's life insurance benefit for less than what it would someday pay--with scant protection Desperate...

`Death’ investors at risk

August 19, 2021 at 1:34 p.m.

Desperate for help, a retiree from Orland Park wrote to the Illinois attorney general's office last year. He had invested $25,000 of his retirement savings in 1998 with a suburban...

Chasing the death dividend

January 29, 2019 at 9:24 p.m.

When the U.S. Coast Guard raided a Russian fishing vessel on the Pacific Ocean in 2001, investigators hit a jackpot: more than 12 tons of chalky powder hidden beneath a...

Broker lets the dying cash in on better life

January 29, 2019 at 9:24 p.m.

Recently widowed, Harrell "Hank" Maisel, 62, had nowhere to turn. His bagel shop was on the skids. Creditors circled on mounting credit card debt. His home was in the grip...

Chasing the death dividend

August 19, 2021 at 1:54 p.m.

When the U.S. Coast Guard raided a Russian fishing vessel on the Pacific Ocean in 2001, investigators hit a jackpot: more than 12 tons of chalky powder hidden beneath a...

Beer was 1.4 ounces shortAttorney Clinton Krislov kept two mugs used in a class-action suit against Portillo's. The fuller-looking glass held less.

The class action game

March 30, 2019 at 12:03 a.m.

Class-action attorneys have targeted bad water, poor auditing and a case of mold in an apartment complex. They have taken on faulty tires, police strip searches and even the beer...

THE CLASS ACTION GAME

August 19, 2021 at 4:48 p.m.

Class-action attorneys have targeted bad water, poor auditing and a case of mold in an apartment complex. They have taken on faulty tires, police strip searches and even the beer...

Germ control in hospitals’ hands

August 20, 2021 at 1:30 a.m.

In an effort to reduce hospital infections, the nation's health-care workers should wash their hands with fast-drying alcohol gels, which are more effective at killing germs than soap and water,...

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