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May 7, 2024

Author: Kirk Allen & John Kraft

Illinois (ECWd) - A hearing on the consolidated lawsuits against Governor Pritzker was held yesterday, October 14, 2020 in Sangamon County.  This particular hearing heard arguments on the Governor's Motion to Vacate the Clay County Darren Baily favorable ruling based on a jurisdictional issue.  The Governor's...

Sangamon Co. (ECWd) - The Rochester Fire Protection District Trustees and current Rochester FPD Chief John Archer have been ignoring the law and the District's  internal purchasing policy for years. Upon being contacted for help in fixing what was believed to be improper purchasing by members of...

Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The onion clearly has many layers in Shelby County, and each time we peel back another layer it exposes more malfeasance and violations of law.  The latest being compensation for the County Sheriff Don Koonce. According to the minutes of the County Board,...

Illinois  (ECWd) - Voters in Illinois have been receiving a form letter addressed to "Elector" with a concerning claim that the local election authority, which would be your County Clerk, had indicated you have not yet applied for a ballot. As we always ask, Says Who and...

Illinois (ECWd) - January 21, 2016, we broke the story on the illegal campaign expenditures of Frank Mautino, former State Representative and currently our State's Auditor General.  (article here) That article triggered a Federal US Attorney investigation which Mautino's spokesperson claimed he was cooperating with. Next came...

Wilmington, IL. (ECWd) - Wesley Township filed a Counter Claim in the FOIA lawsuit.  The counterclaim alleges Fraud, Civil Conspiracy, Abuse of FOIA, Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, and seeks a jury trial. Leonard McCubbin, an appointed trustee of the Township, is seeking $50,000.00 in damages, punitive...

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