Logan Co. (ECWd) - Property Tax Limitation Law (PTELL), a law adopted in Logan County in November of 1996. As described by the Illinois Department of Revenue: "Increases in property tax extensions are limited to the lesser of 5% or the increase in the national Consumer Price...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - Thanks go to Diane Benjamin, BLNNEWS.COM, for her relentless pursuit of public records! Diane's pursuit of these records included her first ever lawsuit, filed in hand-written form, after the City of Bloomington and its disgraced Mayor Tari Renner unlawfully withheld public records under...
KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - Dennis Rettke, Limestone Township Supervisor has resigned from office. This comes at a troubling time for Limestone Township, after several months of township residents attending meetings and lodging complaints against the Limestone Township Highway Commissioner and the Board for allowing him to conduct...
KANSAS, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Kansas, Illinois Police Department has hired a new part-time police officer. His name is Ed Motley and he comes with a little experience: 2 years in the United States Army - deployed to Vietnam 25 year of corrections experience culminating...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Enjoy! It was a hot one this year...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - A common chant we heard from local citizens protesting against Brian Towne during his no-hearing-hearing on his 17 felony indictments was: "Lyin Brian," as it appears he has a problem telling the truth. Not surprising to hear the local chant, considering our...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks is one who likes to send letters to people for intimidation, to include making false allegations of crimes committed with threats of prosecution. May we suggest putting a mirror in front of Jack Franks? The reason this...
Northern Illinois University - (ECWd) - Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment was filed, along with the Memorandum in Support of the Motion, in the Open Meetings Act Complaint against Northern Illinois University's Board of Trustees for the actions that took place during the meeting in which...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: JR Manker [email protected] Tyson Manker Announces Exploratory Committee for Illinois Attorney General September 22, 2017 (South Jacksonville, IL) – Tyson Manker, a lifelong Illinoisan, attorney, and military combat veteran of the Iraq war, formed an exploratory committee to investigate the possibility of...
Illinois (ECWd) - Says Who, with What Proof? The famous two questions I have lived by for years. After attending the recent no hearing - hearing on indicted former State's Attorney Brian Towne, something dawned on me. Towne is employed as a State Employee of the Illinois Appellate...
