Update at 2:24 p.m. ET: The Illinois Supreme Court, which has issued a stay to keep Rahm Emanuel on the Chicago mayoral ballot, now says it will hear his challenge of an appeals court ruling denying him a spot, the Associated Press reports.

The court earlier today had issued a stay, but did not say definitely at that time whether it would hear the case.

In any case, the stay blocked a decision by the the appeals court that ordered Emanuel off the ballot because, the court ruled, he did not meet one-year residence requirements to run for mayor.

As a result, the ballots were intially being printed today for the Feb. 22 without his name. The stay meant that his name will stay on the ballot, although a final ruling in the case could yet disqualify him.

Earlier posting:

The Illinois Supreme Court has ordered Rahm Emanuel's name back on the Chicago mayoral ballot pending a possible hearing of an appeals court ruling, the Chicago Sun-Times reports, quoting Emanuel's attorneys.

The appeals court had ordered him booted from the Feb. 22 ballot, saying in a 2-1 decision that he did not meet a one-year residence requirement.

The newspaper says the state supreme court issued the stay of the appeals court decision but has not decided whether to hear Emanuel's appeal outright.

The appeals court decision on Monday prompted the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners to begin printing the ballots without Emanuel's name.