PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Edgar County remains void of any official positive COVID-19 cases. Horizon Health, located in Paris, Illinois, published an announcement on its Facebook page yesterday saying one of its employees had tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently recovering at home. According to county officials,...
Clay Co. (ECWd) - An Emergency Motion filed in Federal Court to remand the Bailey v Pritzker case back to the Clay County Circuit court was filed early this afternoon. This Motion is seeking an immediate remand. From the Motion and Memorandum: The Defendant’s Notice of Removal...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - At the end of Governor Pritzker's Daily Briefing, he chastised State Representative Darren Bailey's choice to not wear a mask on the House Floor by assuming he was a risk to others. The Governor does not "know" if Baily is a risk...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - The IDPH Emergency Rule is being repealed by IDPH. WATCH IT HERE: https://youtu.be/5U5zYzNbq2g Or watch it here on the BlueRoomStream website: https://livestream.com/blueroomstream/events/9138985 . .Our work is funded entirely thru donations and we ask that you consider donating at the below link. ...
Naperville, IL. (ECWd) - The Naperville Park District field an Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order against Governor JB Pritzker. From the Emergency Motion: This Court should grant a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Governor from continuing to thwart the Naperville Park District...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - Letter to the Editor Legal Dubiousness of En Masse State Lock-Downs and “Shelter-in-Place” Orders as a Response to COVID-19 The constitutionality of the authoritarian lock-down and "shelter-in-place" orders occurrent in the United States, as local responses to COVID-19, will be an issue for some...
McHenry County (ECWd) - Jack Franks, McHenry County Board Chairman, held in indirect contempt of court and fined $100 per day until he answers questions in reference to the Illinois Integrity Fund. This article reposted with permission from McHenry County Blog: The court order to be signed by...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - The new Emergency Rule is below, dated May 18, 2020. This is the Rule everyone has been talking about the past couple of days. [pdf-embedder url="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Emergency-Rule.pdf" title="Emergency Rule"] . .Our work is funded entirely thru donations and we ask that you consider donating at the below link....
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - From Prairie State Wire: Three days after she broke the news that his family was spending his statewide lockdown at an equestrian estate in Wisconsin, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker revoked longtime Chicago reporter Amy Jacobson’s access to his daily press briefing, claiming she is...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - After Oregon Governor Kate Brown's Executive Order(s) on COVID-19 restrictions went past 28 days, the Governor must receive 3/5th majority of the Legislature to continue with those restrictions. For those reasons, an Oregon Judge declared their Governor's orders null and void. Governor Brown...
