Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Board voted to appoint Derrick Lorenzen to fill the vacant county board seat after the resignation of Ben Jenness. The board also voted to elect Jeff Voigt as the County Board Chairman. In other actions, the board lowered the speed...
Charleston, IL. (ECWd) - Update: Click HERE for mugshot...
According to The Southern Illinoisan article published yesterday, which matches a text message I received from Peterson last Friday, he stated is is planning on running for the State Rep seat at the next election. Peterson is quoted as saying "While its a scary time in...
Charleston, IL – Contrary to what was reported in IllinoisReview, Rep. Reggie Phillips is not "actively considering leaving the state," according to Phillips. State Representative Reggie Phillips today announced he will seek a second term as State Representative in the 110th District. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                Contact:  Reggie...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - This will be of interest to those seeking to become a Precinct Committeeman in Edgar County's former Symmes and Paris-5 Precincts. In June of 2015, the County Board divided these precinct, as the law mandates, due to their having over 800 voters...
DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - His official website declares that "Our first mission as prosecutors is to seek justice in each individual case." That is what we are asking, for him to seek justice in this case on behalf of every taxpayer in DuPage County. The issue...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - We have heard rumors of this for a little over a week, and according to CapitolFax, in a post yesterday, they state they have confirmed that State Representative Adam Brown (R), Champaign, will not seek another term in office. He says he...
Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General’s Office has launched an inquiry into more law-breaking by the problem-child Orland Park Public Library Board of Trustees. This time, the Public Access Counselor "PAC" is investigating an allegation that they had closed and locked the doors...
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee - UWM (ECWd) - This case study (bottom of page) is from UWM, who is studying the OPPL challenge as a case study. They have a lot of our articles on the OPPL challenge in their archives for academic research. * We came across this...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - During the Edgar County Study Session last Monday, August 31st, a county board member stated that Shiloh Schools were inquiring on the ability to establish a sales tax. I believe the 1% sales tax (if that is what he was referring to)...
