Shelby Co. IL. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board voted to implement a payroll system with a private company called Paylocity. However, the plain reading of the language used to support such a resolution is crystal clear, but appears to be beyond the comprehension of the...
Illinois (ECWd) - The Illinois Department of Public Health has finally produced the Vaccine Registry opt-out form which is required to be provided at least once to each person receiving a vaccine in Illinois. To date, we have not heard from a single person who has...
Madison Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor finally issued a determination, taking 39 months to figure it out, confirming what we already knew; Madison County Board violated the Open Meetings Act on August 15, 2018, when it enforced its public comment...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - Attorney Thomas DeVore has filed a Defamation Per Se action against Governor Pritzker on October 29, 2021, alleging the Governor's statement at a press conference: imputed the Plaintiff had committed a criminal action imputed that Plaintiff was unable to perform or lacks...
Calumet City, IL. (ECWd) - During today's Hearing on a Temporary Restraining Order, the Judge DENIED Calumet City Clerk Figgs' Motion for the Order, and Defendant Mayor Jones will file a Motion or Answer to the Complaint by November 17, 2021. Clerk Figgs alleges Mayor Jones is...
Shelby Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board will hold a meeting tonight, starting at 7 p.m. in Courtroom A in the Shelby County Courthouse. We will be there to livestream this meeting - check our Facebook or YouTube pages for the livestream, which will start...
Wesley Township, IL. (ECWd) - Below is the complete video of last night's Wesley Township meeting. During Supervisor Medlin's comments about the ongoing FOIA lawsuit, he mentioned that Cindy and Tim (Plaintiff's), could have dropped this lawsuit, and basically, it is their fault it is still ongoing....
Champaign Co., IL. (ECWd) - Unregistered Company Solicited Champaign County For $50k - thankfully, they ignored the request for funding. Another local government has been solicited for a "donation" or "contribution" or "grant" from a company, which, according to the Secretary of State's Department of Business Services,...
Calumet City, IL. (ECWd) - At today's Hearing for Plenary Protective Order against destruction of city records, and after hearing arguments from both parties, the Judge entered a "Standstill Agreement" prohibiting the Calumet City Clerk and her office from destroying public records, and also applied the...
Wilmington, IL. (ECWd) - Tonight's Wesley Township meeting started just prior to 7 p.m.. Some of the Agenda items included: Park maintenance Open Meetings Act training requirements Tax Levy for the township and road district FOIA lawsuit update We will post a recap of the meeting, and the...
