Coles Co. (ECWd) - The Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has determined the Coles County Board violated the Open Meetings Act by failing to post a notice and the agenda 48 hours in advance of its December 7, 2020, meeting. Rather than simply admit to the error...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We first covered the Shelby County forensic audit results in this article. It didn't take long for people to attempt to spin the information and actually post false claims. While there is plenty of information to share which has yet to be...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - Teachers and Staff win a temporary restraining order against Chicago Public School District #299, which was signed by Sangamon County Judge Raylene DeWitte Grischow today restraining the Chicago Public School District #299 from mandating shots or testing for certain teachers and employees...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County forensic auditor provided a very condensed summary of his findings, which did not include thousands of pages of records. As we have said for years, many times it's not what we are told or what records are provided that...
Naperville, IL. (ECWd) - Dana Davenport, a Naperville Attorney and (now-former) Naperville Liquor Commissioner was arrested and charged with felony tampering with evidence/false information, DUI, failure to signal, disobeying traffic control signal, and improper lane usage in mid-February 2022. Davenport resigned from the liquor commission after...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The forensic audit of the Shelby County Sheriff's office exposed one particular item that jumped out at us. According to the audit, page 5, the Sheriff's office paid out on 11,808 hours that were never actually worked during the audit period of...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board held a special meeting tonight for the presentation of the forensic audit of the County Sheriff's office payroll from 2015 to 2020. Our investigation into payroll fraud began clear back in 2018 and the volume of malfeasance we had...
Boone County, IL. (ECWd) - After losing his reelection bid for Mayor of Poplar Grove, Owen Costanza filed a complaint in Boone County Circuit Court alleging defamation among other things. Defendants then filed a Motion to Dismiss under the Citizens Participation Act ("CPA") or ("SLAPP") claiming they...
Madison County, IL. (ECWd) - Press Release: Doug Hulme Requests Illinois Attorney General to Review March 25th and 28th Election Board Hearings Chaired by Chris Slusser. EDWARDSVILLE - A request for review was filed with the Illinois Attorney General Public Access Counselor for multiple violations of the Illinois...
Bellmont, IL. (ECWd) - ". . . the Public Access Bureau concludes that the Village of Bellmont (Village) Board of Trustees (Board) violated OMA in connection with its April 13, 2021, meeting." Jonathan King, a Bellmont resident, filed a Request for Review with the Attorney General's Public...
