Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd)- As covered in this article, we filed our Freedom of Information Act lawsuit in May of 2024. We discovered the State's Attorney had not even informed the County Board of the lawsuit until October 22, 2024, five months after our original filing. ...
Jasper Co., Ill. (ECWd) - We were contacted over a laundry list of concerns for the small community of Yale, Illinois, located in Jasper County. As we normally do, a Freedom of Information Act request was submitted. A copy of meeting minutes and agendas for the...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - A hearing was scheduled for a motion to intervene on the county farm sale TRO case. Once again no motions were heard and the can was kicked down the road to another hearing scheduled for November 13, 2024. Rob Hanlon, the former...
Champaign Co. (ECWd) - Champaign County is facing an electioneering complaint regarding the attempt to pass a public safety tax increase, doubling that specific tax. Two prior articles on the issues being raised can be viewed here and here. The county has spent over $22,000.00 promoting the...
Iroquois Co., Ill. (ECWd) - A Freedom of Information Act request for search warrants and subpoenas sent to the Iroquois County Public Health Department in 2022 resulted in the court sealing those records the same day of our request. The request was in relation to the...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - A recent Freedom of Information Act request that also included media questions to the Shelby County State's Attorney resulted in what we believe was an improper denial of records and a very interesting statement that had nothing to do with our question...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Several years ago we published numerous articles pertaining to the county boards hiring of private counsel and paying them with public funds. We asserted and stood fast to this day, the hiring was illegal and should have never taken place. We covered...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Today was a status hearing for the Temporary Restraining Order case filed by Chris Boehm. Once again, things under the big top in Shelby County should concern everyone who believes in an honest and fair judicial system. A motion to intervene was filed...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Vice Chairman Mark Bennett resigned from the county board yesterday. In this email, Bennett provided his reasoning. "For which in the last four years the audits have disclosed procedures and policies with which need to be followed and an unwillingness...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Supervisor of Assessments Debbie Dunnaway is supposed to be the one who knows and understands all the ins and outs of the property assessment process, to include corrections needed when errors are made. Last year we saw local propagandists...
