by Randal Birkey | Sep 10, 2014 | Local Government Law Bulletin, Ruth Alderman Schlossberg, Uncategorized
The Public Access Counselor (PAC) released an Opinion that speakers who wish to provide public comment at a meeting cannot be required to state their address for the record as a condition of the right to speak. The PAC’s analysis relied in large measure on the...
by Randal Birkey | Jul 2, 2014 | Local Government Law Bulletin, Ruth Alderman Schlossberg
In a recent issue of our newsletter, we described a proposed amendment to the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) that might have helped to ease the burden on local governments when responding to some types of FOIA requests. Governor Quinn vetoed the proposed...
by Randal Birkey | Jun 18, 2014 | Local Government Law Bulletin, Ruth Alderman Schlossberg
At the end of May 2014, the Illinois legislature passed a bill amending the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA” or the “Act”) in some potentially meaningful ways by reducing the obligation to produce documents already available on a public body’s website and by...
by Keith Picher | Apr 28, 2014 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin, News, Ruth Alderman Schlossberg
Ruth Alderman Schlossberg has been appointed to her third term on the Illinois State Bar Association Local Government Law Section Council. Schlossberg now has served the ISBA — a 33,000 member organization — in this role since 2012. Currently, there are 28 members on...
by Randal Birkey | Apr 16, 2014 | Local Government Law Bulletin, Ruth Alderman Schlossberg
In its first binding opinion of the year, the PAC has revisited an earlier problematic decision and has, perhaps, made things even more difficult for public bodies. As we previously reported, the Public Access Counselor (“PAC”) issued an opinion in 2013 involving the...
by Randal Birkey | Dec 3, 2013 | Local Government Law Bulletin, Ruth Alderman Schlossberg, Uncategorized
In late November, the Illinois Supreme Court issued an eagerly awaited decision in Hartney Fuel Oil Company v. Hamer, a case involving the appropriate jurisdiction for the payment of retail sales tax under Illinois law. The decision has not been released in final...
