ILLINOIS PUBLIC INTEREST AND NEWS ORGANIZATIONS REQUEST THAT GOVERNOR PRITZKER PROTECT THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AS ESSENTIAL TO GOVERNMENT BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS Below, you also read the Letter to Governor Pritzker and Attorney General Raoul. ELMHURST – The Citizen Advocacy Center and over two dozen Illinois...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - [caption id="attachment_58566" align="alignleft" width="184"] Pic from Jordan Abudayyeh's Facebook page[/caption] Last week Governor Pritzker announced the Daily Briefings would occur through the use of a Press Pool. A Press Pool is typically where the Press chose one among themselves who will attend the...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The DuPage County School Superintendents have sent this letter to County Board Member Tim Elliot of District 4 seeking "thorough analysis of the systems effects of your decisions with regards to the financial health of our public school system." According to the letter,...
Illinois (ECWd) - We are of the opinion the Memorandum we obtained today is a game-changer for Illinois and a clear shot across the bow of Governor Pritzker's Executive Order. From day one we have questioned the overreach and legality of elements of the Executive Orders and...
Illinois (ECWd) - Illinois State Representative Darren Bailey, in his individual capacity, has filed a lawsuit against Governor JB Pritzker today shortly after Pritzker's daily press conferance.  The complaint seeks an injunction from enforcement of the March 20, 2020, Executive Order citing such order goes beyond...
Illinois (ECWd) - The current state of emergency declared by Governor JB Pritzker on March 9th has gone well beyond the 30-day limit set by law. "Upon such proclamation, the Governor shall have and may exercise for a period not to exceed 30 days the following emergency...
Onarga, IL. (ECWd) - During the December 16, 2019, Onarga Public Library District meeting, the Board thought it was a good idea to enter closed session to discuss giving pay raises to their entire staff. They also thought it a good idea to vote on a...
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...
Illinois (ECWd) - It's time to once again expose why we believe many parts of the numerous Executive Orders the Governor has issued are outside his authority. Statutory construction is the foundation for our position, and simply reading the powers given supports the position the Governor invoked...
Illinois - (ECWd) - UPDATE: We have recieved two messages claiming the press conferance video used by WGN in the April 16, 2020 news brief, which we linked to in the article below, was over a month old and actually from a March 13, 2020 press...
