DuPage Co. (ECWd) - After attending a couple DuPage County Board Meetings and voicing our opinions on the full compensation received by their elected officials, and the fact is, it had never been placed in an Ordinance setting their compensation (until last month), the DuPage County...
Naperville, IL. (ECWd) - Last May I requested W2 Forms to compare what DuPage County told the IRS its elected officials were receiving in compensation, to what they were actually receiving. My request was denied and I filed a request for review with the Illinois Attorney General's...
Terre Haute, IN. (ECWd) - Michael J. Wright, the attorney for Vigo County, Indiana, in a response to a complaint file with the Indiana Public Access Counselor, claimed that a recent request for public records was nothing more than harassment. [documentcloud url="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2938941-20160701122501743/annotations/305761.html"] There is no stipulation to claim...
Terre Haute, IN. (ECWd) - It appears to us that Vigo County and its agencies are having a problem complying with Indiana's Access to Public Records Act ("APRA") - similar to what we see across Illinois. AÂ request was filed for conflict of interest statements and payroll records,...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - On June 30, 2016, Gov. Rauner signed HB4630 which made a change to the Illinois Open Meetings Act. Jeanne Ives was the Chief Sponsor in the House, along with Sponsor Peter Breen and others, with Michael Connelly as Chief Sponsor in the Senate. It...
BRUSSELS - (ECWd) - "Seventeen years ago you were all laughing at me. You are not laughing now." ...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - I attended two court hearings this month for the case of Fred Cox, 2014CF121, found guilty on December 16, 2015 of felony predatory criminal sexual assault / victim under 13 years of age. We received information that DNA evidence tested did not match...
Mon, 06/27/2016 - 5:25pm | Will Brumleve WATSEKA — The owners of farmland used to build the Pilot Hill Wind Farm in Iroquois County are suing the wind farm's developers, arguing that they are still owed money for access roads built on their property and...
Guess it knows where the good grass is located...
Peotone, IL. (ECWd) - LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The open spigot of tax dollars that pours into local school districts has made school superintendents and the consultants - who are hired to guide district spending, borrowing, and referendums - far too comfortable. The salaries and benefits of...
