Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - On July 30, 2021, Illinois Attorney General Raoul issued a press release warning the public of of spoofed emails allegedly coming from his office. In the press release, he states: "The Attorney General’s office is not using the atg.state.il.us domain name and is...
U.S. - (ECWd) - "Because a free and independent press is vital to the functioning of our democracy, the Department of Justice has long employed procedural protections and a balancing test to restrict the use of compulsory process to obtain information from or records of members...
Illinois (ECWd) - We were the first to expose the improper expenditures by Frank Mautino and his Campaign Committee clear back in January of 2016, in this article. Fast forward more than five years and now the Supreme Court of Illinois has confirmed the violation in...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - According to the Attorney General's website and previous news reports, the entire IT system of the Attorney General's Office was attacked, hacked, and subjected to ransomware. This included their email system. This was on April 10, 2021. As late as today, some information on...
DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - On July 11, 2014, Kirk Allen requested copies, from the College of DuPage, of membership documents related to Max McGraws Wildlife Foundation for the previous five years. On August 4, 2014, Allen filed a Request for Review with the Illinois Attorney General's...
Mississippi (ECWd) - The United States Attorney General is attesting to the interest of the United States in support of Plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit brought by the Temple Baptist Church against the City of Greenville, MS. Greenville, MS. police descended on the church's drive-up service and...
Cahokia, IL. (ECWd) - On January 14, 2019, Illinois Senator (57th District) Christopher Belt filed a false Statement of Economic Interest related to his position as a Legislator. Belt was appointed to fill the vacancy left by Senator Clayborne in January 2019. On his filed statement, question number...
Illinois (ECWd) - As if the State of Illinois does not have enough problems, it appears our Attorney General Kwame Raoul wanted to make sure our Illinois Law Enforcement is reminded of a law signed by former Governor Rauner known as the Illinois Trust Act and...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Troy Eads, a member of the Edgar County Emergency Telephone System Board, and also a part-time Deputy Sheriff with the Edgar County Sheriff's Department, is ineligible to serve on the ETS Board because of his employment as a Deputy Sheriff. During this morning's...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - We first wrote about his false reporting of economic interests in April of this year - (read it here). As it turns out, he filed an amended Statement of Economic Interest on August 1, 2018, and appears to have lied on the amended...
