Illinois Municipal League Archives

Lawmakers eye limits on qualified immunity for law enforcement

— November 9, 2020

SPRINGFIELD — State legislators are considering eliminating or limiting aspects of qualified immunity for law enforcement. Qualified immunity isn’t an explicit federal statute or…

Judge: Municipalities exempt from Election Day ‘holiday’
— October 20, 2020

SPRINGFIELD – A Sangamon County judge has ruled local units of government are exempt from a law the General Assembly passed this year declaring the Nov. 3 general election as a state…
Pandemic aid to start flowing to local governments in Illinois
— August 13, 2020

SPRINGFIELD — The state of Illinois will soon begin distributing $250 million in federal funds to help cities, counties and other units of local government pay for pandemic-related…
Local governments call for increase in state revenue sharing
— March 9, 2020

SPRINGFIELD — A local government advocacy group laid out its legislative agenda March 2 and called on lawmakers to fully fund a program that shares state income tax revenue with local…

Local governments see drastic COVID-related revenue drops from
— August 28, 2020

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois residents should expect fewer road repairs, community programs and other local government-provided services and higher locally-imposed tax rates as officials…
State, federal governments seek ways to lessen COVID-19 economic impact
— March 17, 2020

SPRINGFIELD – Amid widespread closures and event cancellations in response to the novel coronavirus disease pandemic, businesses and governments of all sizes and levels are feeling…
Municipalities seek clarifications on recreational marijuana legalization
— August 11, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — The state organization representing local units of government is asking leaders in the General Assembly to make clarifying changes to the recreational marijuana law…