SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - A formal complaint was fielded by the United States Department of Transportation's Office of the Inspector General in December of 2021. The complaint alleges the following: Mr. Tim Franke is a former employee of the Sangamon County Airport Authority Franke is a current...
Michigan (ECWd) - A January 15, 2022, letter from the Regents of the University of Michigan to its President, Dr. Mark Schlissel, and informed him of his termination as the President of the University of Michigan. They also terminated his September 23, 2021, Employment Agreement. He was...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - On January 4, 2022, Springfield Mayor James Langfelder sent a letter to the Sangamon County Airport Authority after reading about the authority's authorization of a lawsuit against the city related to airport fuel sales tax. In the letter he mentions that they both...
Crawford Co., IL. (ECWd) - We were notified yesterday of two Crawford County Airport Authority Commissioner resignations. One commissioner, Robert Quick, still remains unqualified to serve on that airport authority board, and we suspect he will resign shortly, although he doesn't see any conflict (yet). Greg Nye submitted...
CAPRON, IL. (ECWd) - During the January 11, 2022, village board meeting, the President of the village of Capron announced the Christmas party alcohol purchases were reimbursed to the village and apologized for the purchases. Other members mentioned it was a community event (but "the community" was...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) Shelby County Board member Gary Patterson has established a clear pattern of providing false or misleading information when it comes to his comments during county board and county committee meetings. We covered a few of those in this article. During last night's county...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - Illinois State Representative Michael J. Zalewski filed HB4424, which has as its sole purpose, to permit more gas taxes on the residents of Illinois. Synopsis As Introduced: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that all municipalities (currently, only municipalities in a county with a...
Cook Co., IL. (ECWd) - Edited to correct spellings. A Cook County Judge granted a Motion to Disqualify the Odelson Law Firm, preventing them from representing the Calumet City Clerk in the lawsuit brought by the city against the clerk, and effectively also in the suit brought...
Oak Lawn, IL. (ECWd) - Oak Lawn School District will soon hold a special meeting, where they will attempt to violate the civil rights of one of their own elected school board members. In doing so, we believe they will be guilty of taking action as...
Christian Co., IL. (ECWd) - Today, a Christian County Judge dismissed the Christian County Health Department's Motion for Quarantine on student at local school district. The Health Department issued an immediate 48 notice to a student who was allegedly identified as a close contact with a positive...
