Category Local Government
The April election is on the horizon. Candidates must be mindful of the upcoming dates: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 PETITION CIRCULATION: First day for school board candidates to circulate nominating petitions. Monday, December 10, 2018 CONSOLIDATED ELECTION CANDIDATE FILING: Candidate… Continue Reading →
Winter is coming……and with it comes the tricky issue of snow removal and liability exposure. The Fourth District recently issued an opinion that is favorable to those involved in snow removal. In Winters v. MIMG LII Arbors at Eastland, LLC, 2018… Continue Reading →
Pursuant to Public Act 100-1040 (“Act”), effective immediately, any unit of local government, school district* or other local taxing body (collectively referred to as a “taxing body”) that enters into a severance agreement with an employee or contractor who has engaged in sex discrimination or sexual harassment is required to publish “information” regarding such… Continue Reading →
In Will County v. Village of Rockdale, 2018 Il App (3d) 160463 (July 5, 2018), the Illinois Appellate Court affirmed grant of waste transfer station siting, holding that a Village had jurisdiction over the matter, an amendment to the siting… Continue Reading →
In a trio of cases handed down by the 7th Circuit on June 19, 2018 the Federal Court of Appeals provided guidance to employers regarding the often difficult issue of employee termination. In Carmody v. Bd. of Trustees of the… Continue Reading →
On July 20, 2018, the Illinois Attorney General issued guidance to reaffirm the collective bargaining rights of public employees under Illinois law and to provide initial direction on union dues and agency (i.e.,“fair share”) fees under the Janus decision. See… Continue Reading →
The Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA” or “Act”), 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq., continues to present complications and problems for local governments. In Public Access Opinion 18-007 dated June 26, 2018, the Public Access Counselor (“PAC”) recently addressed the proper… Continue Reading →
On June 27, 2018, in Janus v. AFSCME, et al., the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the “fair share fee” provision in the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act (“IPLRA”) finding that extracting such fees from non-members of a union violated… Continue Reading →
The Seventh Circuit recently opined about an important procedural issue in condemnation cases in New West, L.P. v. City of Joliet, No. 17-2865 (7th Cir May 23, 2018). In October 2005, the City filed an eminent-domain suit in state court… Continue Reading →
As an update to previous articles, the Supreme Court will weigh the constitutionality of a law that lets not-for-profit hospitals skip paying property taxes — a question with potentially hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. Hearings for this case… Continue Reading →