Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County State's Attorney, Nichole Kroncke, has asked the Illinois Attorney General for their legal opinion on several matters dealing with public property and tax obligations for both the city and the County. Letter 1, Letter 2. While we greatly appreciate the...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board illegally hired a private attorney back in 2014 and continued paying for those services for years. When the County Treasurer could not get an answer to the legality of paying for those legal bills she refused to pay...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - According to a sworn declaration in the Federal court case involving the College of DuPage and its former president, Dr. Robert Breuder, former College of DuPage Trustee Dianne McGuire has leaked privileged information to Cory Atkinson, also a former COD trustee and...
UNITED STATES - (ECWd) - Former President Donald Trump has filed his Answer to the Article of Impeachment. Considering the Constitutional is crystal clear on who can be impeached, we wonder if our Constitution matters any longer in this country. Regardless of your position on the former...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Update: Corrected to eliminate reference to "A Fractional CFO" as the alleged "Company A". The Plainfield Township Supervisor Anthoney Fremarek is facing a 6 count Federal Indictment. According to the indictment docket, Fremarek has been charged with the following in part: Count 1...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The Board of Trustees of The College of DuPage approved a $587,773.00 restitution payment from Vortex Commercial Flooring Inc. during the December 2020 board meeting. "Vortex Commercial Flooring Inc., a Chicago-area commercial flooring contractor, has been charged for its role in a long-running...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - When people are denied public records they routinely reach out to us for assistance and more often than not, we are able to request the same records and we get them. When this happens it is an indicator of a problem because...
Sangamon Co. (ECWd) - During the Illinois State Police criminal investigation involving the Rochester Fire Protection District and their business transactions with a company, A.E.C., owned by the Fire Chief John Archer, "Archer stated the prices AEC is selling equipment to the Rochester Fire Protection District...
U.S. (ECWd) - Throughout the year we received letters and thoughts from a lot of people. This one in particular we felt was worth sharing as we also recognize the importance of knowing our history. We routinely see local governments making mistakes that could have been...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - The Appellate Court of the Second District has handed down their order in the McHenry County Road District case. The Road District brought suit against the Township Board members and Clerk after the Board reduced the tax levy submitted by the Road...
