The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a county’s termination of a county employee after she refused to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine as required by the county’s pandemic policy in Mason v. Cook County.In August of 2021, the county
The Public Access Counselor of the Illinois Attorney General’s office (PAC) issued its 11th binding opinion for 2026 finding a public body in violation of FOIA when it denied a request for jail incident reports where those records could have
Ancel Glink released Quorum Forum Podcast Episode 110: Statement of Economic Interests.Back by listener request, the podcast is taking a brief recess to revisit one of its classic episodes on Statements of
Economic Interests (SOEI) for local government officials
An Illinois Appellate Court held that a pension board erred in awarding a line-of-duty disability pension based on a firefighter’s salary rather than a lieutenant’s salary in Schneider v. Elgin Firefighters’ Pension Fund.A firefighter employed by a city’s fire
An Illinois Appellate Court upheld a ruling in favor of a school district in a lawsuit relating to a student-athlete’s death, holding that government tort immunity barred the family’s claims because the family could not show the district’s inaction caused
A village police officer towed a vehicle that had five parking citations. The following day, an individual went to the police department and offered to pay $22 to the village, which he claimed satisfied the debt, and demanded the car
An Illinois Appellate Court upheld a local liquor commissioner’s revocation of liquor licenses for two establishments in Raven Place v. City of Blue Island.A licensee was issued liquor licenses for two establishments in a city. In 2021, 23 gunshots
An Illinois Appellate Court recently issued a ruling regarding a school detachment/annexation petition in a lengthy opinion analyzing the requirements for a property owner to detach their property from one school district and attach it to another school district. Board
The First District Appellate Court overturned a trial court’s denial of civil penalties in a FOIA case challenging a police department’s response to a news media’s FOIA requests. NBC Subsidiary v. Chicago Police Department.NBC filed FOIA requests with a
