Carlinville, IL. (ECWd) - Erin Brockovich posted a comment referencing the City of Carlinville, Illinois' water "quality" yesterday. In her post, she showed two photographs of what we presume to be Carlinville water, and stated: "Carlinville, Illinois...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - For well over a year Shelby County has been making headlines due to numerous corrupt practices. Many had hoped the election of a new State's Attorney Nicole Kroncke would help resolve the alleged criminal acts by public officials, but to date, it...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Illinois FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 1, 2021 City of Chicago Alderman and Her Chief of Staff Indicted on Federal Bribery Charges CHICAGO — A federal grand jury today indicted City of Chicago Alderman CARRIE M. AUSTIN and her...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - Adam Lopez, former Springfield School Board President was sentenced yesterday to spend 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to theft. He was credited for time served in Sangamon County Jail since his arrest. He was also ordered to repay more than $1.5...
New York (ECWd) - Today, in a 33 page opinion, the First Appellate Court in the State of New York suspended the law license of Rudolph Giuliani: "suspended from the practice of law in the State of New York pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(2) and 22...
Champaign Co. (ECWd) - The Illinois State Police and the City of Urbana, after being sued under the Freedom of Information Act for improper redactions, have provided unredacted records pertaining to the allegation of criminal shoplifting by State Representative Carol Ammons. Initially, both agencies redacted Ammons's...
Michigan (ECWd) - Greenleaf Township, population 740, was ordered to pay $140,000 in legal fees and a $500 verdict for violating the Michigan Open Meetings Act. Michigan, like Illinois, has fee shifting provisions in its Open Meetings and Open Records laws. We must state the obvious; that compliance...
DuPage County, IL. (ECWd) - Tornado hits the suburbs of Chicago, leaving 22,000 without power and 5 hospitalized. Meanwhile, Edgar County is still without warning sirens; they gave them all away several years ago, at a time when most counties were scrambling to replace or fix theirs. Something...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - Bloomington School District 87 has been violating the Open Meetings Act by demanding people reveal their home addresses in order to participate in public comment. See examples of this unlawful demand by D87 (HERE, HERE, and HERE) - even demanding the addresses of...
Illinois (ECWd) - Governor Pritzker's "All In For The Win" $10 million lottery drawing for people who have received their COVID shots DO NOT apply to Veterans, Military, or anyone who may have received their shots from a federal facility. Also excluded are family members of those...
