Shelbyville, IL. (ECWd) - During a recent budget committee meeting, Shelby County Board Member Barbara Bennett made it clear, the people should be questioned, not them questioning her and the other board members. While there are plenty of issues discussed in the 1 hour and 50-minute budget...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County State's Attorney Gina Vonderheide had requested a legal opinion from the Illinois Attorney General on three questions regarding the County Board's illegal hiring of a private attorney, (article here). We do not believe such an opinion needs to be provided...
Wabash Co. (ECWd) - We outlined Bellmont Mayor Gary Lance lying to the court in this article, which we never imagined could get worse for Mayor Lance. Yesterday's hearing on the Motion for Sanctions against Lance solidifies the need for a remake of Perry Mason in...
Illinois (ECWd) - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is now facing 5 more civil suits regarding the validity of his disaster proclamations that were based on a public health emergency. Each of the cases is focused on the statutory definition of "Public Health Emergency" as outlined in the...
Clay Co. (ECWd) - Representative Darren Bailey through is Attorney Tom DeVore of Silver Lake Group Ltd. has filed a motion to file an Amended Complaint in addition to filing a response to the Governor's motion to dismiss Count 1 of the complaint. Contained in the amended...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We covered the 4th Judicial Circuit Court Chief Judge's ruling in a previous article where she directed the Shelby County State's Attorney to file an affidavit pertaining to any conflict she has related to the lawsuit brought by the illegally hired attorney...
Illinois (ECWd) - During the last Legislative session, numerous new laws were pushed through with little or no time to evaluate them for even the most basic of problems. Throughout the Illinois School Code, there have been amendments and new laws passed and signed into law...
Illinois (ECWd) - Friday of last week we saw ComEd basically plead guilty to a litany of criminal allegations which directly implicate the Illinois House of Representative Speaker Micheal Madigan (article here). In short order, Governor Pritzker called for Madigan's resignation for betraying the public trust. Trust...
Shelby County - (ECWd) - On June 14, 2020, the Chief Judge of the Circuit, Judge Kimberly G. Koester issued her order in the matter of the Treasurer seeking legal counsel. "STATUTORILY, THE STATE'S ATTORNEY IS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OFFICE HOLDERS OF EACH COUNTY AND THEREFORE...
Illinois (ECWd) - Governor Pritzker, along with DR. NGOZI EZIKE, in her official capacity as Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health; and DR. CARMEN I. AYALA, in her official capacity as the State Superintendent of Education is suing one public and two private schools...
