Illinois (ECWd) - Every election cycle we see an increase in communications related to local government candidate malfeasance. We appreciate that there are more and more people taking steps to expose those asking for their votes. Out of the dozens of tips over the last few weeks,...
Sangamon Co. (ECWd) - Over a year ago we began investigating self-dealing by the Rochester Fire Protection District Chief, John Archer, who also owns A.E.C., a local fire equipment company. Numerous articles can be found at this link. Our findings resulted in a criminal investigation that...
Illinois (ECWd) - We recently published this article regarding a county government's power as it relates to borrowing money. Within that article was the video from the meeting in which justifications were made for borrowing, however, none of those cited the applicable statute as was pointed...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Even after our extensive exposure of payroll malfeasance during the Bob Miller family dynasty operation knows as the Algonquin Township Road District, the local State's Attorney did nothing to hold anyone accountable. Many correctly pointed out that we are not accountants in...
Shelby Co. IL. (ECWd) - We exposed the illegal gun sales by the Shelby County Sheriff over a year ago, including proving that the accounting of the money did not balance with the public records. As we awaited action that never came from County Board members...
Bloomington, IL. (ECWd) - We first exposed what we called a police coverup in Bloomington in this article. From that first exposure and after it was brought to the Mayor's attention during public comment at a recent meeting, we had to publish several more articles to...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County State's Attorney was asked during the last county board meeting if the board had the power to finance the farming operation. Her response was common for a criminal prosecutor rather than a well-versed local government law attorney. We say...
Algonquin Township, IL. (ECWd) - This morning, a McHenry County Judge Granted our Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and determined that Algonquin Township violated the Freedom Of Information Act in regards to an FOIA request dated June 2, 2018, which was seeking communications between the township...
Shelby - (ECWd) - During the December 7, 2020, Shelby County Board reorganizational meeting, the State's Attorney advised it was ok for a board member to attend the meeting by phone. That action resulted in a tie vote for County Chairman. We covered that meeting in...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - A multi-count lawsuit was filed today in Coles County by Charles Lee Stodden's attorney, Thomas DeVore. The lawsuit is seeking a declaratory judgment regarding the County Board's hiring of a private contractor to perform commercial assessments and for providing compensation of health insurance...
