by Randal Birkey | Feb 4, 2016 | Attorney, Local Government Law Bulletin
Illinois Appellate Court Holds Hospital Tax Exemption Statute Unconstitutional Author: Jacob D. Caudill February 4, 2016 Recently, an Illinois Appellate Court found a statute exempting hospitals from property taxes to be unconstitutional under the Illinois...
by Randal Birkey | Jan 20, 2016 | Attorney, Kevin A. Chrzanowski, Local Government Law Bulletin
Illinois Legislature Modifies Driving Restrictions on DUI Offenders Author: Kevin A. Chrzanowski The State legislature took significant strides this past legislative session to modify driving restrictions placed on individuals who have been arrested for a DUI and...
by Randal Birkey | Jan 20, 2016 | Local Government Law Bulletin, Timothy J. Clifton, Uncategorized
In January 2014, the Springfield, Missouri, City Council passed an amended panhandling ordinance. In December 2015, an individual filed a federal lawsuit against the City claiming that the ordinance was not being properly applied. Ultimately, in mid-December, a...
by Randal Birkey | Jan 7, 2016 | Jennifer J. Gibson, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
On December 23, 2015, the Illinois Second District Appellate Court issued an opinion holding that the City of Crystal Lake’s home rule voting procedures trumped the voting procedures set forth in the Illinois Municipal Code. The case involved a tax objection...
by Randal Birkey | Jan 7, 2016 | Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
Last month, an Illinois Appellate Court reversed two of the Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (PAC) opinions. Both opinions deal with Section 2(e) of the Illinois Open Meetings Act (OMA). As we previously reported, the PAC’s opinions regard the definition of...
by Randal Birkey | Dec 22, 2015 | Brad Stewart, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
We began reporting on the case of Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC v. Village of Elmwood Park last year. The First District Appellate Court issued its ruling last week and affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of the video gaming machine supplier’s challenge...
