Illinois (ECWd) - We broke the first story on the Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino as it related to questionable campaign spending at a single gas station and payments to Spring Valley Bank in this story back in January of 2016. A year after that story, the...
Iroquois Co. (ECWd) - It's hard enough to fight against our ever rising taxes in Illinois but where does a person turn to when their own tax dollars are actually being used in support of seeking your vote for even more taxes? Was that not clear? ...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - In just about every public body we get asked to look into, we know within the first few Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests if there is a problem. Coles county is not new to us as it relates to illegal acts...
Illinois (ECWd) - Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (PTELL) Tax laws in Illinois are probably the most complicated of all 50 states. The one forgotten factor, however, is the voters have a say. As it relates to PTELL, it came about because the voters voted in...
Iroquois Co. (ECWd) - The now voided employment contract with their 911 Coordinator brings us to the need to expose the lack of oversite by the ETSB (the board) as it relates to certain obligations that were in the contract, yet never fulfilled, as well as...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - Over the years we hear complaints that our Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests are nothing but fishing missions and do nothing but cost the public bodies money to respond. What most of those naysayers fail to understand, is each and every...
Coles Co. (ECWd) In Illinois, we have laws passed by our legislature with the purpose of them being followed. The laws pertaining to Township assessments are very clear, however, it is even clearer that certain public officials in Coles County are not following those laws and...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - For those residing in Coles County, we urge you to pay attention to this article and the dozens to follow as this may become one of the largest series of articles exposing malfeasance in local government since our exposure of problems at...
Iroquois Co. (ECWd) - With malfeasance and corruption infecting our local governments across this country we find those elected to service have forgotten the fact we are a Constitutional Republic. Our form of government protects certain rights We The People have. Our First Amendment guarantees freedoms concerning...
United States (ECWd) - The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) is set to meet with the College of DuPage Board of Trustees next month in an executive session. We suspect that visit may be tied to the new policy on Fraud and Abuse adopted on an...
