Calumet City, IL. (ECWd) - Thaddeus Jones, Mayor of Calumet City, has filed a lawsuit for Declaratory Judgment and Injunction, and for a Restraining Order against Calumet City Clerk Nyota Figgs. According to this lawsuit, Calumet City is in the process of conducting a forensic audit, and...
Washington D.C. (ECWd) - H.R. 4350, the National Defense Authorization Act ("NDAA") passed the United State House of Representatives in September 2021. Among those voting in favor of it was downstate Illinois U.S. Representative Mike Bost - see all votes HERE. One provision of the House-passed NDAA, Section...
CHICAGO, IL. (ECWd) - The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois held a Hearing on a Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (with its accompanying memorandum of law) on October 29, 2021, and has issued a temporary restraining order against Northshore University Healthsystem...
Kankakee, IL. (ECWd) - Today, a Kankakee County Judge extended the Temporary Restraining Order until January 11, 2022, and another 53 Riverside Hospital employees came within the Court's Order and fell under the protection of the TRO. This to prohibits the hospital from requiring the COVID shot(s)...
Rochester (ECWd) - The Rochester Fire Protection Board met last night for a special meeting of which the board voted unanimously to increase the tax levy to the maximum possible without having to hold a truth in taxation hearing. A call for them to reconsider increasing...
CENTRALIA, IL. (ECWd) - Jerry and Sons Repair-Towing, Inc., a towing company, has filed a federal lawsuit naming Centralia City Council Members and the Police Chief, in their individual capacities, as defendants. The named Defendants are: Greg Dodson (Police Chief), Herb Williams (Mayor), and Council Members Howard...
URBANA, IL. (ECWd) - The City of Urbana has paid our attorneys $12,750.00 to settle the lawsuit we filed in relation to their complete disregard of the Open Meetings Act's mandate that people have the right to speak during public meetings, and public bodies can only...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Senate Floor passed HA3 to SB1169, amending the Healthcare Right of Conscience Act. See video below, thanks to the generosity of BlueRoomStream.com, who has given us permission: ...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - With claims coming out of Springfield that the 53,650 opponent witness slips to the Health Care Right of Conscience Act consisted of mostly "bots", what better way to prove or disprove that claim than to have a call to action. We are asking...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - There was over an hour of House Floor debate last night on House Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 1169. Debate video is below. Two critical changes, from HA2 to HA3, were: elimination of language with an effective date immediately - which means since they...
