SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - In the HB 3796 veto override vote that sought to further limit access to public records, Senators Chapin Rose and Dale Righter both voted "NO" today, and we appreciate that vote! A partial "Wall of Shame" is at the bottom of this article...
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - Once again, failure to follow the Freedom of Information Act, failure to provide responsive public records to the person requesting the records. This is the 7th FOIA civil suit against Arcola Township. You can read it below, but the main problem is that Arcola...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Board held their mandatory organizational meeting today, December 1, 2014. During the meeting the Board voted and passed the following: -Â County Clerk Griffith presided over the meeting until a Temporary Chairman was elected by the board. -Â Ben Jenness was nominated...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - Orland Park Public Library's marketing and public relations director, Bridget Bittman, has filed a civil suit in U.S. District Court in Chicago claiming "defamation per se, false light, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and [civil] assault" where she believes the defendants...
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - Since December is almost upon us, and the Hearing/Trial date is on December 16, 2014 for case numbers: 2013-MR-53, and 2014-MR-16, 17, and 20, I thought I would provide an update on how things have been progressing so far. (click here for...
NAPERVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Last Friday, November 21, 2014, Naperville uploaded a document (here) in response to my allegation that two of their councilmen were no longer qualified to remain in office (previous articles here and here). While we applaud the city in their answering of questions...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - It was erroneously reported in the November 26, 2014 issue of a local paper that: "State law requires that retiring teachers and administrators be given six percent pay increase each year prior to their retirement". That is not the case. State law simply...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - We would like to take this time to give our readers a big Thank You for your support and for taking the time to read our articles. We especially appreciate those that have come forward with tips and information we can verify. It...
COLLEGE OF DUPAGE (ECWd) - Edited to include link to press release...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - Well, it's that time of year again...
