by Randal Birkey | May 18, 2017 | Attorney, Brad Stewart, Local Government Law Bulletin
FOIA: The Blurry Line Between a Public College Foundation and a Public Body Author: Brad Stewart The Second District Appellate Court ruled that the Foundation for the College of DuPage was so sufficiently intertwined with the College that records in the Foundation’s...
by Randal Birkey | May 18, 2017 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin
Federal Appellate Court Upholds Donation Bin Ordinance Author: Jacob D. Caudill May 18, 2017 Last week, the Federal Ninth Circuit Appellate Court decided a case concerning the constitutionality of an ordinance regulating Unattended Donation Collection Boxes (UDCB)....
by Randal Birkey | May 4, 2017 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin, Timothy J. Clifton
Stop the Mining! Author: Timothy J. Clifton May 4, 2017 Last week, the Third District Appellate Court allowed 13 landowners to proceed with their lawsuit against the Village of North Utica (“Village”) and Aramoni, a mining company. The Circuit Court had previously...
by Randal Birkey | May 3, 2017 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin
Attorney General Issues Second Binding PAC Opinion of 2017 Author: Jacob D. Caudill May 3, 2017 Last month, the Illinois Attorney General released the second binding Public Access Opinion of 2017. In this opinion, the Attorney General found that a municipality...
by Randal Birkey | Apr 20, 2017 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin
Illinois Appellate Court Decides Case Concerning FOIA Author: Jacob D. Caudill April 20, 2017 Last week, an Illinois appellate court issued an opinion concerning Illinois’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Specifically, the court considered the timing of when a new...
by Randal Birkey | Apr 6, 2017 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin
House Passes Bill Making It Easier to Dissolve Townships Author: Kristin G. Good April 6, 2017 Last week, the Illinois House of Representatives passed a bill that would amend Illinois’s Township Code. House Bill 496, which would take immediate effect if passed,...
