Calumet City, IL. (ECWd) - During today's Hearing on a Temporary Restraining Order, the Judge DENIED Calumet City Clerk Figgs' Motion for the Order, and Defendant Mayor Jones will file a Motion or Answer to the Complaint by November 17, 2021. Clerk Figgs alleges Mayor Jones is...
Shelby Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board will hold a meeting tonight, starting at 7 p.m. in Courtroom A in the Shelby County Courthouse. We will be there to livestream this meeting - check our Facebook or YouTube pages for the livestream, which will start...
Wesley Township, IL. (ECWd) - Below is the complete video of last night's Wesley Township meeting. During Supervisor Medlin's comments about the ongoing FOIA lawsuit, he mentioned that Cindy and Tim (Plaintiff's), could have dropped this lawsuit, and basically, it is their fault it is still ongoing....
Champaign Co., IL. (ECWd) - Unregistered Company Solicited Champaign County For $50k - thankfully, they ignored the request for funding. Another local government has been solicited for a "donation" or "contribution" or "grant" from a company, which, according to the Secretary of State's Department of Business Services,...
Calumet City, IL. (ECWd) - At today's Hearing for Plenary Protective Order against destruction of city records, and after hearing arguments from both parties, the Judge entered a "Standstill Agreement" prohibiting the Calumet City Clerk and her office from destroying public records, and also applied the...
Wilmington, IL. (ECWd) - Tonight's Wesley Township meeting started just prior to 7 p.m.. Some of the Agenda items included: Park maintenance Open Meetings Act training requirements Tax Levy for the township and road district FOIA lawsuit update We will post a recap of the meeting, and the...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Paris, Illinois, City Council met tonight, with several members of the public present to speak about the recent rise in crime, particularly in young people, in the past several months/years. As part of public comment, a hospital employee talked about several programs...
WILL CO, IL. (ECWd) - Just as we predicted when this case was first filed (here), today, a Will County Judge dismissed John Norton's frivolous lawsuit against Wesley Township Trustee, Leonard McCubbin, with prejudice - meaning he cannot file it again. During this Hearing, Norton tried, as...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - We have written several articles dealing with a public official's protected First Amendment right to tell anyone and everyone what was discussed during an executive (closed) session meeting, and to do so without fear of reprisal for such speech. Essentially, the right to...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Earlier this week, we were informed by a reliable source that someone had broken into several pallets of mail delivered to the Paris, Illinois, Post Office by Amazon delivery. The pallets were apparently delivered prior to postal employees arriving for work, and one...
