Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Illinois Government Ethics Act outlines the definition of terms and the obligations of public officials as it relates to ethical matters, including disclosure of their economic interests. There are criminal penalties for those who willfully files a false or incomplete Statement...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board Chairman attempted to take action for things not on the agenda during this week's meeting. Only a handful of board members challenged his action with a majority supporting it. The question we wondered is why would so many...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board held their regular monthly meeting yesterday and the public had enough of the lawlessness pushed by County Chairman Bruce Cannon. To many people's surprise, the Board adopted a $1 Million dollar in deficit budget. Near the end of the...
Illinois (ECWd) - Illinois Governor Pritzker appears to be running away from a potential Contempt of Court charge by running to the Illinois Supreme Court with a Motion to Stay the Clay County motion pending outcome of a Motion for Supervisory Order. The Supreme Court granted his...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - Just an observation: All the speakers talked about wearing a mask and droplets coming from your mouth . . . while they all left droplets on the podium, without it being cleaned between speakers. Watch the briefing: https://youtu.be/FWokJWQf1EE...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - The Better Government Association, thru its attorneys Josh Burday, Matt Topic and Merrick Wayne of Loevy & Loevy, prevailed in the Appellate Court today against the Office of Mayor of the City of Chicago, and the Chicago Public Health Department in a...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - More than six years ago, July 30, 2014 to be exact, I submitted a request for public records to the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency ("IMEA") asking for certain items identifying contractors, payments, receipts, electric rates charged to others, and more. On September 15,...
KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - The United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois has published an indictment against Richard Simms, a former official at the Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency (KRMA), alleging two million dollars in fraud. If you wonder how such an alleged fraud can...
Montgomery County, IL. (ECWd) - Last week, the Montgomery County Circuit Court DENIED DeVore's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order in relation to the Illinois State High School Association's "guidelines" in returning to school and participating in sports. This was a summary hearing, in which the Court found: ...
Will Co., IL. (ECWd) - In Will County Court this morning, John Norton appeared in person and was immediately drilled by the Court for attending in person. Norton responded by saying he doesn't have electronic access to attend Court electronically, neither by computer nor by smartphone. This...
