Illinois (ECWd) - Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (PTELL) Tax laws in Illinois are probably the most complicated of all 50 states. The one forgotten factor, however, is the voters have a say. As it relates to PTELL, it came about because the voters voted in...
Illinois (ECWd) - On January 10, 2017, the last (and lame-duck) day of the session, the 99th Illinois General Assembly passed SB 3319. This bill arose from a failure of DuPage County Election Commission to follow Illinois Election Code Law. See our first article reciting the...
Illinois (ECWd) - We exposed the failure of key appointed board members of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board (ILETSB) in this article and encourage you to read it if you have not. The ILETSB agency has certain responsibilities to our Law Enforcement Academies...
Illinois (EWCd) - In January of 2014, ECW uncovered documents from Governor Pat Quinn's Neighborhood Initiative Program. One such document warned Chicago Youth to comply with City of Chicago curfew laws or risk being shot and killed by members of the Chicago Police Department (CPD). LINK...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - The Daily Herald ran a story about the Millions being spent on attorneys by our school districts. They included a couple of quotes for the piece that we felt must be addressed as facts are important as is knowledge of misinformation. “Adam Andrzejewski,...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - On June 30, 2016, Gov. Rauner signed HB4630 which made a change to the Illinois Open Meetings Act. Jeanne Ives was the Chief Sponsor in the House, along with Sponsor Peter Breen and others, with Michael Connelly as Chief Sponsor in the Senate. It...
Illinois (ECWd) - I will be the first to tell the world, I struggled my whole life with grammar and to this day I am dependent on numerous programs in an effort to ensure I get it right, however since we are not selling anything...
DeKalb Co. (ECWd) - We have already shown that President Doug Baker and Northern Illinois University have experimented with many variations of questionable actions regarding procurement and contracts, especially for friends of President Baker. But there are still new riffs on an old song. We recently...
Illinois - (ECWd) - It has been a long time since Illinois was a player in a Presidential primary election for a Republican candidate. All indications now point to Illinois being a key factor as to the direction of who the Republican Presidential candidate will...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - In yet another interesting twist to the campaign expenditures by Frank Mautino, a recent letter sent to the State Board of Elections by his campaign treasurer may be of interest considering the people of this State are supposed to be able to...
