...State Senator CHICAGO — A Chicago consultant has been indicted in federal court for allegedly corruptly offering money to an Illinois State Senator in connection with obtaining state approval for...
...confines of the law, but that is not the case in Shelby County. For example: Cannon hires a private attorney in violation of the law rather than having the State’s...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) – Words shared by the State’s Attorney appear to conflict with an Attorney General’s response to our Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), request. Two key statements below...
...at 30 meetings a month, and he and other board members are being paid in violation of state law. We covered those issues in the last two articles found here...
...Burris published a 1991 opinion on county boards/administrators seeking to take control of Auditor duties (here), and stated that state law did not permit it. Several attempts were made to...
...what Spencer lists as “other” on the claim form. For example, Spencer got paid for a meeting with the State’s Attorney and Assistant State’s Attorney, a conference call, and EMA...
...5-1001. Corporate name of county. Each county which has been, or may be established in this State, according to the laws thereof, shall be a body politic and corporate, by...
...convey or lease any real or personal estate owned by the county.” Another commonly overlooked law is our Illinois State Constitution, specifically Article VIII section 1 – “Public Funds, Property,...
...as alderman and director “is authorized by law.” “Therefore, your office (State’s Attorney) may wish to consider filing a declaratory judgment action to resolve this matter. . . Alternatively, you...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) – Dale Colter had a court appearance today in Edgar County. According to the court docket, Edgar County State’s Attorney Mark Isaf and Defense Attorney Bruce Baber...
