Local Government Law Bulletin

First Amendment Challenge Comes Out of “Left Field” at Wrigley Field

May 27, 2016

The City of Chicago passed an ordinance prohibiting the peddling of any items on the sidewalks outside of Wrigley Field....

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Illinois Appellate Court Upholds Vehicle Impoundment Fine

May 24, 2016

Recently, an Illinois Appellate Court upheld a municipality’s administrative impoundment fee as constitutional. Specifically, the municipality charged a $500 “administrative...

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Lucas Museum Litigation Highlights Problems for All Levels of Government

May 12, 2016

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is the brainchild of the one and only George Lucas, and was slated to...

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Illinois Appellate Court Decides Case Concerning PSEBA

May 10, 2016

Recently, an Illinois Appellate Court decided a Public Safety Employee Benefits Act case (PSEBA). Specifically, a former police officer brought...

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Appellate Court Finds City Violated FOIA by Inappropriately Withholding Reports

April 29, 2016

A recent Illinois Appellate Court decision held that the City of Peoria violated Illinois’s Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) after...

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Severance Agreements Subject to FOIA Effective June 1, 2016

April 29, 2016

The Illinois Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) has explicitly required the disclosure of settlement agreements since 2010.  Public Act 99-478,...

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Easier Path to Home Rule Status?

April 14, 2016

The Illinois Municipal League is promoting a bill that would significantly increase the number of home rule municipalities within the...

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New Bill Seeks to Redefine Municipal Authority to Regulate School Zoning

April 14, 2016

Last September, we reported on Gurba v. Community High School District No. 155, where the Illinois Supreme Court found that...

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New PAC Opinion Stands as a Valuable Reminder to All Public Bodies

March 30, 2016

On March 25, 2016, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office handed down Public Access Opinion 16-003 finding that Harvey School District 152...

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Illinois Supreme Court Overturns Appellate Court’s Finding of PSEBA Eligibility

March 30, 2016

Last week, the Illinois Supreme Court took a meaningful stride in limiting the application of PSEBA line-of-duty benefits for catastrophic...

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Smoron Inks ISBA Article on Recapture Fees and Foreclosures

March 29, 2016

Michael J. Smoron of Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle, the largest law firm in McHenry County, Illinois, has authored a...

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Appellate Court Allows Arbitration for Police Grievance

March 17, 2016

Recently, an Illinois Appellate Court determined a case concerning mandatory arbitration in police grievance procedures. In Bartonville v. Lopez, the...

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