Champaign Co., IL. (ECWd) - Champaign Circuit Court issued an Order overturning the Rantoul Electoral Board's Decision and tossed the Rantoul Referendum off the ballot during Judicial Review. It was a citizen initiated referendum to eliminate Village Trustee election by District. The language in the Municipal Code in...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - After receiving and reading several complaints and questions on the propriety of Shelby County's upcoming meeting, which will be reconvened tonight, we thought it prudent to get this information out to the public. Open Meetings Act, Section 2.02: "[...
WHITE Co., IL. (ECWd) - "WHERFORE, it is hereby ordered that a temporary restraining order is entered enjoining the Defendants from enforcing or attempting to enforce any and all provisions of Public Act 102-1116 against the named Plaintiffs in this cause. This order is binding upon all...
Illinois (ECWd) - This is long overdue. Governor Pritzker has announced that the State's public health emergency due to COVID-18 will end on May 11, 2023. It is hard to imagine how a public body, such as a school district where students are in class every day, without...
Joliet, IL. (ECWd) - Something to think about: This police officer, had he been serving this year, would have been exempted from the "assault" weapons ban, free to purchase and possess all the "assault" weapons he pleased, while millions of law-abiding citizens could purchase nothing. Ex-Joliet Police...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - The Fifth Appellate Court uphold the TRO issued by the Effingham Circuit Court as it relates to Count IV. Count IV (equal protection) was sufficient to affirm the Effingham Circuit Court's issuance of the TRO. White County has not yet made a decision, and a...
Elgin, IL. (ECWd) - Patricia Arroyo submitted her petitions to run for the elected position of Elgin Community College Trustee. Cody Holt filed a petition objection to Patricia Arroyo's candidacy for Elgin Community College Trustee. The Education Officers Electoral Board heard the arguments and voted to leave Arroyo...
Poplar Grove, IL. (ECWd) - The Poplar Grove Electoral Board appears to be completely out of control and also appears to be assisting a candidate in extracting or discovering information having absolutely nothing to do with the powers and functions of an electoral board. There were objections...
Rantoul, IL. (ECWd) - Residents in the village of Rantoul filed a petition for Referendum seeking to abandon the process of electing village trustees by district (read our article here). Two objectors filed objections against the referendum petitions alleging that the timing for this new referendum is...
Charleston, IL. (ECWd) - Brady Allen, former Coles County Assistant State's Attorney has been indicted and charged on 32 felony counts, all involving three Coles County women between the ages of 18 and 35. According to the Illinois Attorney General's Public Integrity Bureau's Press Release, below, Brady...
