Manatee County Public Library System named Library of the Year by Florida Library Association. MANATEE COUNTY, FL (March 3, 2016) â Manatee County Public Library System has been named Library of the Year by the Florida Library Association (FLA), a recognition of the systemâs outstanding service to the community. It was the most prestigious award on a day of many awards for the Library System.
Unlike some other states, Illinois is not a community property state. Money or property acquired during the course of the marriage is presumed to belong to the marriage and, as such, is subject to an equitable division upon divorce. What is equitable is decided on a case-by-case basis.
The Last Outright Ban on Concealed Weapons Goes Down. Illinoisâ law falls to the Second Amendment right to bear arms. A gun ownership supporter outside of the Supreme Court prior to its landmark 2008 decision inDistrict of Columbia v. Heller. Illinoisâ efforts to distinguish itself on gun control legislation have once again been thwarted. On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit struck down, by a vote of 2 to 1, the stateâs ban on carrying concealed firearms.