ILLINOIS (ECWd) - In the past year or so, at least two local governments in Illinois have sold vehicles and left their municipal (government) license plates on them for the new owner to use. This is unacceptable, a security issue, and illegal: "It is illegal to operate...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - The following are two separate observations of state government actors from the month of July 2021. First, when long-time, high ranking members of the Illinois State Police, in official state police vehicles, think they can drive down the interstate at between 85 and 90...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - On July 30, 2021, Illinois Attorney General Raoul issued a press release warning the public of of spoofed emails allegedly coming from his office. In the press release, he states: "The Attorney General’s office is not using the atg.state.il.us domain name and is...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - July 30, 2021 ***CONSUMER ALERT*** ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL WARNS PUBLIC OF SPOOFED ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE EMAILS Chicago — Attorney General Kwame Raoul is urging people to be on the lookout for scam emails claiming to come from his office. The Attorney General’s office has received...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - Today, Governor Pritzker signed HB 633, "The Garden Act" to protect the right to grow vegetables in a garden on residential property. Apparently some municipalities have attempted to regulate gardens to the point where they cannot exist. This Act stops that practice. HB 633 preempts...
Charleston, IL. (ECWd) - We recently wrote about the Coles County State's Attorney's Office Assistant Rhonda Parker using official envelopes and postage for private lawsuit (here), and questioned why a thorough investigation was not completed. Now we have proof that not only were official email accounts, envelopes...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - Update on the Conan McArthur case: An initial hearing was held this morning, with Judge Garst presiding: Defendant present in custody. Charge, penalties and rights explained. Upon stipulation Mr McGrath appointed Public Defender. By agreement continued to August 16, 2020, at 1:30 p.m....
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - Edgar County State's Attorney filed Class 2 Felony Arson charges against Conan McArthur for his alleged participation in the arson of the Paris, Illinois Save-a-Lot store last week. Previous articles on this arson are (here). McArthur is being held in the Edgar County Jail...
Washington, D.C. (ECWd) - On July 27, 2021, the United States Senate unanimously approved Senate Resolution 324 designating July 30, 2021 as "National Whistleblower Appreciation Day." Senator Grassley was the Sponsor of S. Res. 324. A resolution designating July 30, 2021, as "National Whistleblower Appreciation Day"  Whereas, in...
Wesley Township, IL. (ECWd) - In Court this morning was a Motion for Rule to Show Cause as to why Wesley Township should not be held in contempt of court. This arises from the long-running Freedom Of Information Act lawsuit against the township and township road district...
