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Sanctuary cities By Pat Lord Government Lawyers, May 2017 In response to the extraordinary events that have taken place since President Trump took office, counties, cities, and villages across the country are evaluating whether to take official action to designate themselves as a Sanctuary City and wondering if they do whether they’ll lose federal funding.
Sea change in Illinois eminent domain law By Pat Lord Local Government Law, December 2010 The difficulties that eminent domain petitioners face under the New Eminent Domain Act will likely be exacerbated by the recent case of Forest Preserve District of DuPage County v. First National Bank of Franklin Park et al.
The Governor’s amendatory veto of House Bill 3412—What it could mean for units of local government By Pat Lord Government Lawyers, November 2003 As discussed elsewhere in this newsletter, Governor Rod Blagojevich recently filed an amendatory veto of House Bill 3412. House Bill 3412 (“HB 3412”), among other things, creates the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.
A new era in land use, Klaeren & Gallik By Pat Lord Local Government Law, March 2003 Historically, the standard of review of a decision to grant or deny a petition for a special use permit has been whether the government action is arbitrary, capricious or unrelated to the public health, safety and morals.
House Bill 3098—Certification of closed meetings—dies By Pat Lord Administrative Law, June 2002 On February 8, 2002, Governor Ryan issued an amendatory veto to House Bill 3098.
House Bill 3098—certification of closed meetings—dies By Pat Lord Local Government Law, March 2002 On February 8, 2002, Governor Ryan issued an amendatory veto to House Bill 3098.
Letter from the chair: LGL cooks! By Pat Lord Local Government Law, March 2002 On February 8, our section council had a most unusual meeting. In spite of everything that follows, real business was actually transacted at this meeting, but in a very novel setting.
The nonending power struggle: County board vs. elected officers By Pat Lord Local Government Law, June 1999 The relationship between a county board and a county's elected officers (the auditor, circuit clerk, county clerk, state's attorney, treasurer, coroner, sheriff and recorder) is a legal set-up for continuous power struggles.

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