Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) – We recently exposed payroll records for the Health Department that indicated a person was working when in reality they were on vacation. Those records are not true and accurate. Full article at this link. The backstop to identify this type
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) – We recently exposed payroll records for the Health Department that indicated a person was working when in reality they were on vacation. Those records are not true and accurate. Full article at this link. The backstop to identify this type
Shelby County, Ill. (ECWd) – As further evidence that there was a previous unlawful appointment of Shelby County Board Member Teresa Boehm to the Rose Township Cemetery Board (holding both offices), State Senator Steve McClure has introduced Senate Bill 1241. SB1241 seeks to place the
Calumet City, Ill. (ECWd) – In a case which should have never been brought, the Appellate Court upheld the Calumet City Electoral Board’s decision to deny Nyota Figgs’ objection to Thaddeus Jones’ name appearing on the ballot, which was based on state legislation passed overturning
Shelbyville, Ill. (ECWd) – Just prior to the February 6, 2025, Shelby County Public Safety Committee meeting, a committee member can be heard asking if Austin Pritchard was on the committee, the chairman responded that he was not on this committee. Then, another board member
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – For years we have said legal opinions need to be in writing. A written opinion tells the public the reasoning for the opinion expressed, and from that, people can learn many things. In the case of Shelby County and Vice Chairman
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Pecatonica Township, Ill. (ECWd) – The Pecatonica Township Clerk has allegedly taken it upon herself to remove candidates from the ballot for “apparent nonconforming” petitions, but only those apparent nonconforming petitions for the candidates opposing her friends/relatives, at least according to a township resolution passed
Mattoon, Ill. (ECWd) – Mattoon School District #2 Board Member John Hedges has filed three false Statement of Economic Interest (“SEI”) forms in at least the past two years. True and correct SEIs are mandatory for certain elected and appointed officials in the state of
South Holland, Ill. (ECWd) – Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard streamed a live video this evening from the comfort of her soon-to-be-former office at Thornton Township. Henyard’s video from today was nothing but unlawful electioneering by urging people to vote for her as the village
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – Back in April of 2021, Nicholas Banning filed a federal lawsuit against numerous defendants, including Shelby County. We covered that case in articles, here and here. The named Shelby County defendants are Tonya Atteberry, Daine Burkhead, Devon Durbin, Brandon Gatton, Melissa
South Holland, Ill. (ECWd) – Today, in a six-page Order, the Cook County Judge John T. Tully, Jr. ordered Nate Fields’ name to be printed on the ballot for Thornton Township Supervisor as an Independant Candidate in the upcoming election. Fields is an independent candidate
