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JUNE UPDATE -- June 15, 2017: Today, Pay Now Illinois lost its appeal on the deicision by the Circuit Court of Cook County to dismiss its original lawsuit on August 31, 2016.

Statement from Andrea Durbin, Chair of Pay Now Illinois Coalition on today's decision by the Illinois Appellate Court.

Read the State's Appellate Court Ruling, June 15, 2017

MAY UPDATE -- May 4, 2017: On the one-year anniversary of Pay Now Illinois' initial lawsuit, our lawyers argued our case in the Illinois 1st District Appellate Court. Listen to the audio here.

FEBRUARY UPDATE -- February 9, 2017: Pay Now Ilinois filed a complaint today in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County, asking to be paid for services delivered under contracts dating back to the start of fiscal year 2017, which began on July 1, 2016. A list of plaintiffs in the new Pay Now Illinois Coalition St. Clair County filing can be found here.

FY17 ST. CLAIR COUNTY LAWSUIT

Read our Reply in Support of Our Motion for Preliminary Injunction, filed on May 10, 2017

Read Defendants' Combined Memorandum of Law in Spport of their Motion to Dismiss, filed on April 19, 2017

Read our First Amended Complaint, filed on March 13, 2017

Read the Motion for Preliminary Injunction, filed in St. Clair County Circuit Court on February 21, 2017

Read the Motion to File a Brief in Excess of 10 Pages, filed in St. Clair County Circuit Court on February 21, 2017

Read the Supporting Brief and Exhibits, filed in St. Clair County Circuit Court on February 21, 2017

Read the complaint filed in St. Clair County on February 9, 2017

Read the February 9, 2017 press release.

APPEAL

Read our Reply Brief to the Attorney General, filed on March 10, 2017

Read the State's Appellate Brief, filed on February 24, 2017

SEPTEMBER UPDATE: Pay Now Illinois is appealing the August 31 decision by the Circuit Court of Cook County to deny plaintiffs’ motions for preliminary and permanent injunction and grant the defendants’ motions to dismiss the Pay Now Illinois lawsuit against the Governor, Comptroller, and seven state department heads.  

Read the list of plaintiffs who are appealing the August 31 court decision, andread the Appellants' Brief to the First Judicial Circuit of the Illinois Appellate Court, December 20, 2016. 

ORIGINAL LAWSUIT

We are a coalition of 97 human and social service agencies serving Illinois' most vulnerable populations. We are seeking payment of more than $161 million from the state for more than a year of work performed under signed contracts.

PAY NOW ILLINOIS NEEDS TO BE PAID. IT'S JUST GOOD BUSINESS.

The state's failure to pay its bills has far reaching impact for everyone in the state, because it creates a negative and uncertain business environment. Who would want to do business in a state that doesn't pay its bills? And, because of the lack of payment, human and social service agencies have been forced to reduce staff and cancel programs, leaving our clients without the critical services that they need and deserve. The result is less healthy, less vibrant communities throughout Illinois.

On May 4, Pay Now Illinois filed a lawsuit against the governor and several state agencies. Click here to read the lawsuit.

Click here to view the Appellate Court order granting the Defendants a 31-day extention to file their appellate brief, January 31, 2017

Click here to read the Appellate Court's Denial of Motion to Expedite Appeal, January 5, 2017

Click here to read the Plaintiffs' Motion to Expedite Appeal, December 23

Click here to read the Appellants' Brief, December 20

Click here to read the State's Response to the Motion for Direct Appeal, October 26

Click here to read the Coalition's October 20 press release

Click here to read the Motion for Direct Appeal to Supreme Court, October 20

Click here to read the Request for Preparation of Record on Appeal, October 4

Click here to read the Third Amended Notice of Appeal, September 30

Click here to read the Coalition's August 31 press release

Click here to read the State's Reply in Support of their Motion to Dismiss, August 25

Click here to read the Plaintiffs' Combined Memorandom in Response to the State's Motion to Dismiss, August 19

The following exhibits are referenced in the case:

Exhibit 1 is related to the 2015 AFSCME case, August 19

Exihibit 2 is related to the Supreme Court ruling in July 2015, August 19

Exhibit 3 is from the Department of Aging saying Stop Gap is not a budget, August 19

Click here to read the State's Motion to Dismiss, August 12

Click here to read the Third Amended Complaint, July 20

Click here to read the Renewed Motion for Preliminary Injunction, July 20

Click here to read the Motion for Leave to File the Third Amended Complaint, July 12

Click here to read the June 17 Amended Complaint

Click here to read The Shriver Center Amicus Brief filed on behalf of Pay Now Illinois, May 26

Click here to read the Pay Now Illinois Coalition May 25 press release

Click here to read the May 25 Motion to File Amended Complaint

Click here to read the May 25 Amended Complaint

Click here to see which agencies are members of the Pay Now Illinois Coalition

Click here to read the Pay Now Illinois Coalition May 4 press release

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