Illinois Government Responses to Covid-19 Updated 4/24/2020

Today’s update discusses: WORKERS COMPENSATION  EMERGENCY POWERS RESOURCE ALLOCATION Chicago Mayor, Lori Lightfoot, plans to try again to persuade the Chicago City Council to pass extraordinary spending measures to respond to the current crisis after opponents temporarily blocked a vote on the proposal earlier this week.

Understanding and Navigating Federal, Illinois and Missouri COVID-19 Environmental Enforcement Discretion Policies

The shelter-in-place orders and essential business guidelines and directives that have been issued by the federal government and the states of Illinois and Missouri have raised questions about the feasibility of compliance with environmental requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic.  As outlined below, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“USEPA”), Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (“IEPA”) and […]