Lincoln Way D210 - We finally confirmed that the school district owned house where Coach Ernst has taken up homestead for perhaps one of the least expensive rental homes in the area, thanks to the taxpayers, is also provided with free lawn care courtesy of D210...
Tinley Park, IL. (ECWd) - If you have been following this story over the last month, the Village of Tinley Park has been in revolt against its elected officials since late January 2016 over a proposed low income housing project that was set to be built at...
PLAINFIELD, IL. (ECWd - I submitted a Freedom of Information Act request for a simple thing - copy of comments left on a post on the school's Facebook page. Now it appears the PSD202 is prepared to spend public funds to keep those public records from the...
URBANA – Legislative candidate Jim Acklin of Ogden countered a former high school student’s sexual misconduct suit against the school district he once led by blaming her. “Plaintiff was under a duty to use care and caution for her own safety and well being” while at St....
DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - Update: This article is cross-posted from CountyLeaks and has ties to Edgar County. PART 15 OF COUNTYLEAKS SERIES ON DUPAGE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE...
St. Joseph-Ogden - (ECWd) - As a teacher, coach, and school superintendent, you are a mandated reporter without question. Mandated Reporters - This is not a new subject for us, we have been looking at these situations for several years, but nobody wants to talk about them, until...
Tinley Park, IL. (ECWd) - In a stunning development out of Tinley Park, the 9-member Tinley Park Planning Commission had 7 of its members suddenly resign this month, all after citizens of Tinley Park started attending Board and Planning Commission meetings to voice public anger at...
Will Co., IL. (ECWd) - This article will attempt to clear up who is responsible for real estate taxes on property owned by a public body and leased (rented/loaned, etc.)Â out. A recent comment from a previous article questioned our assertion that the renter was responsible for real...
This article was posted at For The Good Of Illinois this morning: In January, the Edgar County Watchdogs broke this scandal along with my column at Forbes, click here. Six weeks later, new Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino still hasn’t provided answers on the fact pattern. Mautino...
DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - Hold on for the ride, this one will take some reading. The issue at hand is compensation for elected officials of DuPage County, spearheaded by Chairman Dan Cronin. Let's start with the DuPage County Resolution setting the "salary" of county board members and...
