SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - There was over an hour of House Floor debate last night on House Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 1169. Debate video is below. Two critical changes, from HA2 to HA3, were: elimination of language with an effective date immediately - which means since they...
CHAMPAIGN, IL. (ECWd) - On October 22, 2021, at approximately 1:50 p.m., on Route 130, north of Route 133, a University of Illinois' assigned vehicle U-9148 was spotted driving at a high rate of speed. It was moving between 80 and 85 miles per hour in a...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - House Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 1169 has passed out of Committee in a 9-6 vote. The Bill will strip the right of conscience protections for any and all mandates dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic that any government or employer decides to mandate...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - We will be livestreaming today's House Executive Committee Hearing @ 3:30 p.m., which includes HA2 to SB1169 (amending the Healthcare Right of Conscience Act), thanks to the generosity of BlueRoomStream.com, who has given us permission. You can watch it on our Facebook page, YouTube Channel -...
Poplar Grove, IL. (ECWd) - RMS Insurance Services, Flanders Insurance Agency, and Owen Costanza (former Village President of Poplar Grove who lost the most recent Mayoral election) filed a lawsuit naming the current Village President of Poplar Grove, Donald Sattler, and three others as Defendants. Plaintiff is...
KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - A Kankakee County Judge issued a Temporary Restraining Order against Riverside Hospital and in favor of five nurses, to prohibit the hospital from requiring the COVID shot(s) as a condition of employment. The Healthcare Right of Conscience Act was use in arguments. A...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Get caught doing things not permitted under the law? Don't let that stop you . . . change the damn thing and hope nobody notices . . . but only change it for the topic of the day and nothing else. This amendment will...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Associated Press recently published an article entitled "Tiny wrists in cuffs: How police use force against children" - within that article is an account from Paris, Illinois involving the Paris Police Department and a child riding a bicycle. The article is worth...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Greenville, Illinois PUBLIC STATEMENT The 700+ parents who have brought legal action against their local school districts, as well as the Governor, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education, by and through, Thomas De Vore, Attorney...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - On September 22, 2021, former Edgar County Jailer Jason Ball was sentenced to 2 years in Department of Corrections custody for the crime of felon in possession of firearm, a Class 3 Felony. His other charges of failing to register as a sex...
