by Randal Birkey | Aug 15, 2017 | Attorney, Brad Stewart, Local Government Law Bulletin
New Laws Seek to Consolidate Units of Local Government Author: Brad Stewart August 15, 2017 Governor Rauner signed into law amendments to various existing laws that are intended to expand the consolidation of various units of local government. Part of the legislation...
by Randal Birkey | Aug 14, 2017 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin
New Law Creates Additional FOIA Exemptions Author: Jacob D. Caudill August 14, 2017 Earlier this month, Governor Rauner approved a bill creating additional exemptions under Illinois’s Freedom of Information Act. Public Act 100-0026 creates three new exemptions which...
by Randal Birkey | Jul 24, 2017 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin
Illinois Attorney General Issues Two Binding Decisions Concerning FOIA Author: Jacob D. Caudill July 24, 2017 This month, the Attorney General’s Office released two binding Public Access Opinions concerning Illinois’s Freedom of Information Act. Specifically, both...
by Randal Birkey | Jul 24, 2017 | Attorney, Brad Stewart, Local Government Law Bulletin
Case Upholds Ordinance Prohibiting Unregistered Vehicles on Private Property Author: Brad Stewart July 24, 2017 In mid-July, the Second Appellate Court upheld the Village of Round Lake Beach’s ordinance which provides: “It shall be unlawful to store any vehicle upon...
by Randal Birkey | Jun 22, 2017 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin
Appellate Court Rules No Issue of Material Fact Regarding Municipality’s Immunity from Liability Author: Kristin G. Good June 22, 2017 Recently, the 4th District Appellate Court, in Monson v. City of Danville, 2017 Il App (4th) 160593, upheld a trial court’s granting...
by Randal Birkey | Jun 22, 2017 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin
Illinois Attorney General Issues Three More Public Access Opinions Author: Jacob D. Caudill June 22, 2017 This month, the Illinois Attorney General issued three binding Public Access Opinions concerning both Illinois’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Open...
