ILLINOIS (ECWd) - UPDATE 5-4-2023: The Federal Appeals Court STAYED the lower federal court's injunction against enforcement of the gun/magazine ban. U.S. District Judge Stephen P. McGlynn, Southern District of Illinois, issued a 29-page Order for an Injunction against the state of Illinois' enforcement of the recent...
Springfield, Ill. (ECWd) - As we reported in February on a previous version of this Bill which was apparently abandoned, the Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority in McLean County is wanting more tax money, so they lobbied State Senator David Koehler to sponsor Senate Bill 684, which amends the...
Mahomet, Ill. (ECWd) - A couple of weeks ago, Kerry Gifford, the General Manager of the Sangamon Valley Public Water District, turned in his resignation as Treasurer of the District and apparently had some words with the water district's board president or someone else in the...
Cook County, Ill. (ECWd) - Monica Gordon was elected as a Commissioner to the Cook County Board (5th District) last fall while she was already an elected Prairie State Community College Trustee in Cook County. According to the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act, the offices are incompatible,...
McLean Co., Ill. (ECWd) - As we have done in the past, when court cases we are interested in reporting on pop up, we ask for Extended Media Coverage, or "Cameras in the Courtroom," according to the Illinois Supreme Court Policy for Extended Media Coverage in...
FLORIDA (ECWd) - Editor's note 4-22-2023:Â We updated this article with new photos. After enduring more than two years of relentless, abusive, and unwarranted web-based and social media attacks on our organization and our persons, we have hopefully and finally brought this chapter to a close by...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board held an emergency meeting today, April 18, 2023, at noon in courtroom B. The board held rollcall and voted to enter into closed executive session to discuss litigation. After executive session, the board motioned and voted to approve a...
ECWd - American Watchdogs, with the Edgar County Watchdogs, will conduct a four-hour Citizen Watchdog Training session on May 20, 2023, in Menomonie, WI. This training session will run from 8:00 a.m. until noon. Location:Â Wilson Creek Inn, 932 N Broadway, Menomonie, WIÂ 54751 Reserve your seat by clicking...
Madison County, Ill. - Veterans Assistance Commission (ECWd) - This article is Part 2 of our concerns that the public body of the Veterans Assistance Commission of Madison County is being "blended" or comingled with a nonexistent nonprofit (searches of the IRS Charity Database yield no...
Madison County, Ill. - Veterans Assistance Commission (ECWd) - This two-part article explains our concern that the public body of the Veterans Assistance Commission of Madison County is being "blended" or comingled with a nonexistent nonprofit (searches of the IRS Charity Database yield no results) of...
