In a 5—4 decision issued yesterday, the United States Supreme Court ruled that requiring non-union public sector employees to pay union dues violates the First Amendment. Read more
Every June, each public body in Illinois is to ascertain the prevailing rate of wages in the locality, to publish and publicly post those rates, and to keep them available for inspection in the main office of the public body. […]
A local reporter requested information about the budget for a redevelopment project, submitted by the private developer of the project, to the City of Elgin. Read more
The Illinois Attorney General found that the Village of Hudson violated FOIA by improperly redacting information from an e-mail submitted by the Village President announcing his resignation. Read more