Illinois (ECWd) - What does yesterday's Court Order mean? In short, the rule of law prevails. Yesterday's ruling from the Circuit Court in Clay County has created a flurry of misinformation across the state, from the Governor's own people misrepresenting the facts of the law, to social...
Clay County, IL (ECWd) - Current Illinois law provides that the Governor has broad powers during the first thirty (30) days of a disaster and the Illinois Department of Public health and local county health departments have supreme authority as it relates to a pandemic. However,...
United States (ECWd) - My parents taught me many things in my life and early on the term "Shut Up" was one not tolerated in our home. They said everyone has a right to speak but make sure when you open that mouth your words are...
Clay Co. IL. (ECWd) - Governor Pritzker lost his delay tactic yesterday in the Darren Bailey case when he tried to have the Darren Bailey lawsuit against him removed from the state court and placed in the federal court. The federal court took 2 weeks to...
Clay Co. , IL. (ECWd) - The UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS has issued their order and it is not good for Governor Pritzker as all indications point to him as a loser in the State Circuit Court. "For the above-stated reasons, Plaintiff’s emergency...
Shelby Co., IL. (ECWd) - As part of the illegal closed session discussion during a recent county board meeting, board member Barbara Bennett and Chairman Bruce Cannon make the most amazing statements, which are not true. While we are used to public officials being loose with...
Channahon, IL. (ECWd) - Families of Faith Christian Academy located in Channahon, Illinois has now become the second private school to inform the State Board of Education and the Illinois Department of Public Health that there is not a shred of statutory language to support the...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County State's Attorney, Gina Vonderheide, provided this legal opinion, if you can call it that, to the Shelby County Treasurer regarding the payment being withheld for the private law firm hired illegally by the county board. The legal opinion reads more...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The law firm of Featherstun, Gaumer, Stocks, Flynn and Eck, LLP filed a complaint against the County seeking payment of invoices for legal services to the County. They filed that complaint on May 5, 2020. On May 12, 2020, we published this...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - During a recent closed session of the Shelby County Board, numerous improper discussions took place that were not permitted under the Open Meetings Act. As it relates to this article, the OMA does not provide an exception for a closed session in...
