Madison County, Ill. (ECWd) - Once more, Governor Pritzker has signed a bill making what used to be unauthorized compensation, authorized. We previously wrote about the Metro East Sanitary District's ("MESD") unauthorized health insurance plans for their appointed board members (here). At the time, according to the...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - In August of 2021, we published this article and alleged the Shelby County Insurance Committee and now former State's Attorney Nichole Kroncke failed the taxpayers of Shelby County. We urge everyone to read that article and watch the video to grasp what...
DeKalb Co., Ill. (ECWd) - Sycamore, Illinois, where real estate tax preferential assessments are apparently being improperly applied to platted real estate developments after lots or entire developments are sold multiple times. The "Developer's Preferential Assessment" ("DPA") is meant to encourage real estate development by providing tax...
Illinois (ECWd) - The Illinois Open Meetings Act is the state law that governs meetings for units of government. Over the years there have been hundreds of things that took place in public meetings resulting in the Attorney General and the courts issuing opinions on those...
Dewitt Co. (ECWd)- The former Wapella Township Road District Highway Commissioner who was charged with 23 felony counts has pled guilty to one Class 3 felony and is sentenced to 18 months' probation for his criminal acts. We first covered Eldon Cusey and his $27,000.00 illegal...
Illinois (ECWd)- The Edgar County Watchdogs were honored to once again be invited to speak on Jeanne Ives’ “The Real Story” show on AM560 Sunday night, July 23, 2023. Some of the topics we discussed were Shelby County, electioneering, and the upcoming criminal trial of former Gubernatorial...
PARIS, Ill. (ECWd) - Paris Union School District 95 held a six-minute special meeting last night where they took the following actions: Accepted resignation of school janitor Hired Lucy Tarr as principal of Memorial Grade School for $78,000 for an 11-month contract beginning August 1, 2023 ...
PARIS, Ill. (ECWd) - After allegations of approximately $3.24 million of unallowed grant expenditures within Paris Union School District 95, Acting Superintendent Lorraine Bailey submitted the district's corrective action plan to the Illinois State Board of Education. From the Corrective Action Plan for each grant: complete additional training...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The reason for this article is to once again show people why we do not disclose who requests our input or help on a matter. For years we have watched communities react to things going on in their local government but note, those...
Paris, Ill. (ECWd) - Last week we filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit ("FOIA") against Paris Union School District 95 seeking unredacted copies of the Grand Jury subpoenas served on the district in June 2023. According to the Complaint, we are alleging D95 violated FOIA by...
