November 3, 2025 By Stew Weiss In the early morning hours of October 31, 2025, the Illinois General Assembly passed […]
October 31, 2025 By Stephen A. Viz In August 2025, the Illinois Appellate Court for the Third District affirmed the […]
August 21, 2025 By Kelley A. Gandurski On August 15, Governor Pritzker signed into law House Bill 1842 expanding the […]
August 7, 2025 By Kelsea Neal Nolot On July 25, 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District […]
July 30, 2025 By Gregory T. Smith Tax increment financing is a potent economic development tool for Illinois municipalities. The […]
July 9, 2025 By Hart M. Passman Most reported court decisions have little, if anything, to do with municipal or […]
June 3, 2025 By Benjamin L. Schuster The Circuit Court for McHenry County, Illinois recently entered what may be a […]
May 6, 2025 By Brooke D. Lenneman Illinois Senate Bill 1563, which proposes a streamlined approach for the removal of […]
March 19, 2025 By Hannah R. Saed Until the summer of 2024, the State of Illinois did not regulate electric […]
February 25, 2025 By Stew Weiss In the past few years, communities across the nation have seen a proliferation of […]
November 24, 2024 By Peter M. Friedman In its unanimous November 21, 2024 decision in Habdab, LLC v. County of […]
October 28, 2024 By Courtney P. Willits Last month, Rebekah Massie, a private citizen, brought a federal lawsuit against the […]
July 8, 2024 By Caitlyn Culbertson On Friday, June 28, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in […]
March 21, 2024 By Kelsea Neal Nolot and Marcus Martinez On March 15, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued […]
February 6, 2024 By Kelsea Neal Nolot Under a series of recent U.S. District Court cases and new administrative rulemaking, […]
December 2, 2022 By Brooke D. Leneman In May, 2022, the Illinois General Assembly approved Public Act 102-0740 (“Act”), which dramatically […]
November 1, 2022 By Kelley A. Gandurski Last month, FEMA published a new guide (linked here) for local government senior […]
July 26, 2022 By Liz Butler On July 20, 2022, the Chicago City Council adopted the Equitable Transit Oriented Development […]
June 27, 2022 By Caitlyn R. Culbertson In 1905, the State of New York adopted a law requiring all persons […]
April 4, 2022 By Liz Butler On Friday April 1, 2022, the Illinois General Assembly passed Senate Bill 3895 (the “2022 Amendment”), an […]
March 30, 2022 By Liz Butler and Peter Friedman New for 2022, Illinois has enacted a significant change to the […]
March 28, 2022 BY MARCUS MARTINEZ In our current climate of political polarization, there are few things on which the […]
January 5, 2021 BY BROOKE LENNEMAN I. Applicability to State and Local Government Employers: The federal vaccine mandate […]
December 7, 2021 BY BRAEDEN LORD On November 10, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in City of […]
November 23, 2021 BY BROOKE LENNEMAN Public Act 101-0652, known as the SAFE-T ACT, amended the Illinois Public Officer Prohibited […]
September 29, 2021 BY PETER FRIEDMAN On November 2, 2021, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Houston […]
July 6, 2021 BY LIZ BUTLER Beginning August 1, 2021, any recipient of City of Chicago consent and support for […]
May 4, 2021 BY LIZ BUTLER Chicago’s Additional Dwelling Unit Ordinance (“ADU Ordinance”) went into effect on May 1, 2021. […]
April 12, 2021 BY LIZ BUTLER The City of Chicago’s Affordable Requirements Ordinance, in its current form, has been in […]
MARCH 31, 2021 BY LIZ BUTLER AND HART PASSMAN (Image source: City of Chicago Kinzie Industrial Corridor – Fulton […]
BY LIZ BUTLER AND PETER FRIEDMAN On March 24, 2021, the Chicago City Council adopted Ordinance 2020-4590, an amendment to […]
BY LIZ BUTLER AND HART PASSMAN Fulton Market Innovation District Study Area, 2020. (Source: Fulton Market Innovation District Plan […]
BY PETER FRIEDMAN In the November 2016 general election, Illinois voters approved a constitutional amendment known as the “Safe Roads […]
BY ANDREW FISKE As COVID-19 vaccinations begin, employers are considering whether they can – or should – require employees to […]
BY PETER FRIEDMAN Just before midnight on the night before Thanksgiving, the United States Supreme Court temporarily enjoined New York […]
BY JEFFREY MONTELEONE AND PETER FRIEDMAN Two notable court decisions decided recently upheld the constitutionality and enforceability of Governor Pritzker’s […]
BY ANDREW FISKE Public employers should note that Public Act 101-0651 (“Act”), signed by Governor Pritzker on August 7, 2020, […]
On Friday June 26, 2020, Governor Pritzker issued a new Emergency Disaster Proclamation and Executive Orders 2020-43 and 2020-44, officially […]
By Stewart J. Weiss & Andrew N. Fiske In the short interim since Governor Pritzker issued a statewide “Stay at […]
By Peter Friedman, Jeffrey Monteleone, and Benjamin Schuster On March 13, 2020, Governor Pritzker issued Executive Order 2020-07 pursuant to […]
In March 2020, shortly after issuing his first proclamation of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Pritzker issued an […]
The COVID-19 coronavirus is at the forefront of public concern. Information and guidance at the federal and state levels continues […]
As response efforts ramp up to reduce and slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, we understand public officials, and […]
By Benjamin Schuster and Mark Burkland In normal times, a public body’s compliance with the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) […]
By Andrew Fiske On March 18, the president signed into law the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act”, which creates new […]
On March 20, 2020, Governor Pritzker issued Executive Order 2020-10 (Covid-19 Executive Order No. 8, the “Executive Order”), a wide-ranging […]