...Village Clerk Regina Ptacek, a candidate for village trustee in next April’s election, violated the state’s Open Meetings Act when she instructed trustees and the public to turn off and...
...trustee and township highway commissioner are incompatible – which means the same person cannot hold both offices simultaneously. The Illinois State Bar Association has written about this incompatibility: “Because of...
Paris, Ill. (ECWd) – On November 22, 2024, Edgar County Assistant State’s Attorney Lauren B. McQueen answered the Complaint filed against her with the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission...
...the case after completion of probation or treatment. On November 25, 2024, Illinois Secretary of State, Alexi Giannoulias, sent a letter to the United States Department of Transportation’s (“USDOT”) Federal...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – The Shelby County State’s Attorney, Ruth Woolery, appointed a Special Assistant State’s Attorney related to four child sex-related cases. A copy of the appointment documentation was...
...State, including members of the General Assembly, members of the Commerce Commission, members of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, and all persons in the service of the University of Illinois,...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – Shelby County State’s Attorney Ruth Woolery has requested a legal opinion from the Attorney General’s Opinions Bureau on the questions of conflict of interest. The basic...
Cahokia, Ill. (ECWd) – We conducted a routine audit of campaign donations using the State Board of Elections database and certain keywords. One of our findings indicated that Cahokia Unit...
...state board, and also subject to an affirmative vote of the village board of trustees, which we believe will not happen Township trustees have successfully forced the township meeting into...
...the department for his personal benefit. Anson Fenton, 46, of Belle Rive, is facing one count of misapplication of property from federally funded programs and one count of interstate transportation...
