by Randal Birkey | May 2, 2014 | Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized, William C. Westfall
The First District Appellate Court rendered a decision in Stone Street Partners, LLC v. The City of Chicago Department of Administrative Hearings that invalidated the City of Chicago’s administrative adjudication judgment against a corporation for some noteworthy...
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 | Apr 16, 2014 | Brad Stewart, Local Government Law Bulletin
Senate Bill 3411 was approved by an overwhelming majority of the State Senate last week (57-1) and now moves on to the House. Here is what SB 3411 generally means for local governments if it becomes law: Police departments may not use the number of citations an...
by Randal Birkey | Apr 3, 2014 | Carlos S. Arévalo, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
Now that the Final Four is set and many a bracket has been busted, it seems appropriate that ZRFM’s Local Government Law Bulletin would offer a brief commentary on a recent development impacting college sports (even if it has little to do with local government!):...
by Randal Birkey | Apr 1, 2014 | Jennifer J. Gibson, Local Government Law Bulletin, Uncategorized
Two years ago, Illinois instituted the Local Debt Recovery Program (“Program”), which allows local governments to intercept a debtor’s state income tax returns, state payroll, lottery winnings, contract payments and most other state payments, which the local...
