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Eviction Moratorium in Illinois Continues Through January 9, 2021
As of December 11, 2020, Governor J.B. Pritzker’s administration extended a version of the statewide ban on residential evictions until January 9, 2021. This reprieve is welcomed by certain Illinois renters facing severe financial shortfalls due to the economic displacements … Continue reading
Illinois General Assembly Votes Themselves A Pay Raise In The Middle of the Pandemic and Increases The Budget $2 Billion Dollars
The Illinois House just voted for a $42.8 billion dollar budget. This budget actually INCREASES spending by $2 billion!!! In the midst of declining revenue during this financial crisis. To top it all off, it also includes a PAY RAISE … Continue reading
Kwame Raoul, Illinois Attorney General, Reimagines 2001 AG Opinion, Pritzker Not Giving Up
Pritzker not giving up. Yesterday, Kwame Raoul issued an AG opinion that reimagines the meaning of Section 7 of the Emergency Management Agency Act to give the Governor authority to exercise emergency powers for successive 30 day periods to address … Continue reading
J B Pritzker Objects To The Complaining Business Owners
JB Pritzker has a new talking point this week, that (as of Monday) people should stop complaining about his reopening plan because “we’re only 11 days away” from moving to the next phase. He used this again yesterday, at 10 … Continue reading
Pritzker’s Nightmare Exposed
Pritzker’s nightmare exposed – Lisa Madigan legal opinion Lisa Madigan issued her opinion on the applicability of executive orders to the Illinois State Police Merit Board in 2013. This appears to be yet another legal opinion either overlooked or ignored … Continue reading
A lot of parents are asking how will schools be able to open and students return to schools in the Fall?
A lot of parents are asking how will schools be able to open and students return to schools in September? The reality is that schools will not be returning in the way that is familiar to us and our children. … Continue reading
2001 Illinois Attorney General Memo States: Illinois governors can’t simply extend emergency powers beyond 30 days without legislators’ OK
Another Illinois Attorney General legal opinion from 2001, has surfaced indicating the Illinois Attorney General’s office position has changed on the question of whether Gov. JB Pritzker has overstepped his authority in extending his emergency powers to govern by executive … Continue reading
State lawmaker asks judge to rule governor’s stay-at-home order invalid for all of Illinois——Lawsuits: Pritzker has no power to order businesses closed without due process, even during pandemic
Republican State Representative John Cabello is upping the ante in his fight against the governor’s stay-at-home order. The lawmaker filed a restraining order May 12, Tuesday night, asking a Winnebago County judge to rule Governor JB Pritzker’s stay-at-home order invalid … Continue reading