In Chicago Tribune Company, LLC v. City of Chicago Office of the Mayor and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Tribune requested information pertaining to public business from Mayor Emanuel’s publicly issued…
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On June 30, 2016, the Governor signed HB4630, amending the Open Meetings Act to require public bodies to allow board members to access closed session minutes and verbatim recordings. Access…
In Hites v. Waubonsee Community College, the Waubonsee Community College received a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request for certain data that was stored on the college’s electronic database. The request…
In a case successfully defended by HLERK’s Jeff Goelitz, the Illinois Appellate Court recently upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the Better Government Association (“BGA”) alleging that the Illinois…
On May 25, 2016, the Illinois Supreme Court announced that it will review a recent appellate court decision finding that a school board did not violate the Open Meetings Act…
A federal district court in Chicago has issued a “preliminary injunction” temporarily prohibiting a school board from enforcing a board policy that bars public commenters at school board meetings from…
The Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District, recently held in Garlick v. Naperville Township, 2016 IL App (2d) 150381-U, that whether a requester has “reasonable access” to public records on…
The Public Access Counselor of the Illinois Attorney General recently issued a binding opinion that the Village of Blue Mound violated the requirements of the Open Meetings Act by improperly…
In a major decision, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that school districts are required to comply with the zoning requirements of local municipalities. The issue in the case of Gurba…
The Illinois Attorney General recently found that public bodies violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act when they misused two exceptions: the employment related topics and the purchase or lease of…