EFFINGHAM, IL. (ECWd) - Mark Doan, Superintendent of Effingham Unit #40 School District, says he wanted to issue $14,000,000.00 (fourteen million dollars) in Bonds in order to punish voters, by making them freak out, for voting down the sales tax for the second time. After a stunning, but predictable, defeat on...
Effingham Co. (ECWd) - Effingham County has been going through legal turmoil as it relates to the ambulance operations within the county for the last several yeas. As the legal posturing appears to be nearing a resolution, our tip line has been burning up with allegations...
EFFINGHAM, IL. (ECWd) - As citizens, we don't just have the right to expect local governments spend our tax dollars legally and transparently--we have the responsibility to hold them accountable when they don't. But how can you keep your local government honest? Join Americans for Prosperity Foundation...
Effingham Co. (ECWd) - In light of the ambulance contract the county recently entered into, and the public outcry over concerns on how that process was handled, we filed a Freedom of Information Act request. My request was sent March 30th, 2017, and we have had...
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EFFINGHAM, IL. (ECWd) - After we wrote an article (which was part of a larger project dealing with park districts across the state of Illinois) dealing with unauthorized memberships, discounts, and other freebies typically given to park commissioners, their families, and former commissioners and families -...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois State Board of Elections held the lottery on December 9, 2015, to determine ballot placement in the upcoming election. Ballot order for the 102nd Illinois State Representative District is Brad Halbrook Randy Peterson Jim Acklin Ballot order for the 110th Illinois State Representative District (without...
Effingham, IL. (ECWd) - It has come to our attention that the Board of Trustees of the Effingham School District were given free items (compensation) that the general public are not given, free of charge. We see this in almost every case where the legislature has explicitly...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - Received this tip in an email blast on a recent change to the "Right to Privacy in the School Setting Act" from the legal firm of Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn LLP...
Effingham, IL. (ECWd) - According to the Effingham Daily News, Effingham, Illinois’ new Mayor, Jeff Bloemker stated that he thinks the Open Meetings Act is “dysfunctional because it inhibits the free exchange of ideas." Wow, maybe he should resign now. He thinks the Mayor is no different than...
