Illinois comptroller

East St. Louis' attorneys are asking the court for a permanent injunction that would block the Illinois comptroller’s office from intercepting state funds to instead support police pensions.

Despite the fire pension board reaching a deal with East St. Louis, the pension board representing police will move forward with a plan to have Illinois's comptroller intercept funds from the city.

This is not the first time the East St. Louis Police and Fire Pension Boards plan to ask the Illinois comptroller to intervene. In 2019, the comptroller did just that — the intercept caused interruptions in city services.

Bodies were found decomposing and families given strangers’ ashes in the months following a coroner’s complaint on the Heinz Funeral Home.

Illinois Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon officially announced Wednesday that she's running for Illinois comptroller, ending five months of uncertainty about which…