Edward Terrill Duncan, 50, is facing charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action after prosecutors say he hit the bicyclist and then fled from the scene.
Columnist Bill McClellan writes: There is something to be said for the English rule in which the losing party of a lawsuit pays the legal costs of the victor.
The layoffs would represent about a quarter of the most recent staffing number available. The company did not respond to a request for an updated head count in St. Charles.
A circuit judge last week denied Montgomery's request for a new trial over allegations he wrongfully disarmed a former deputy and ordered the handcuffing of a city jail official.
Sources said the failure to find evidence in the Puerto Rico machines led the administration to expand the investigation to Georgia, where the FBI seized 2020 election ballots, and Arizona.
By Jonathan Landay, Erin Banco and Phil Stewart, Reuters