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May 9, 2025

Author: John Kraft & Kirk Allen

Decatur, IL. (ECWd) - The Decatur Library has apparently decided that only certain people can have access to its unredacted public records. Here is what happened: A library critic sent a request for records concerning communications with the Decatur Police Department. The Library's attorney returned a document with nearly...

Washington (ECWd) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, November 5, 2019 Justice Department Announces Strike Force to Combat Crimes in Government Procurement, Grant and Program Funding WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today the formation of the new Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) focusing on deterring, detecting, investigating and prosecuting...

Ford County, IL. (ECWd) - On November 8, 2019, Andrew Killian, the Ford County State's Attorney, penned a lengthy letter to Ford County board members who received legal advice from an outside attorney in regards to a conflict of interest survey composed by Killian. The board members...

PECATONICA TWP (ECWd) - This is one of four documented violations (so far) of the Open Meetings Act by Pecatonica Township within the past 2 years. Maybe they need additional remedial training on open meetings? This AG determination stems from a township meeting held on June 20, 2017,...

BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - Illinois State University Police Officers Kaase and Shepard let Bloomington Fireman Michael Maines go from an alleged DUI "because of his employment" - instead of arresting him after a Field Sobriety Test and a measured 0.090% BAC. BLNNews.com received the incident reports thru...

Wilmington, IL. (ECWd) - Former appointed Road Commissioner, John Norton, filed a "lawsuit" in Will County seeking at least $1,000,000.00 from each of the eight named Defendants. The entire lawsuit appears to be filed under the guise of the "Citizens Participation Act" ("CPA") since he did include...

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