Michigan (ECWd) - Greenleaf Township, population 740, was ordered to pay $140,000 in legal fees and a $500 verdict for violating the Michigan Open Meetings Act. Michigan, like Illinois, has fee shifting provisions in its Open Meetings and Open Records laws. We must state the obvious; that compliance...
DuPage County, IL. (ECWd) - Tornado hits the suburbs of Chicago, leaving 22,000 without power and 5 hospitalized. Meanwhile, Edgar County is still without warning sirens; they gave them all away several years ago, at a time when most counties were scrambling to replace or fix theirs. Something...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - Bloomington School District 87 has been violating the Open Meetings Act by demanding people reveal their home addresses in order to participate in public comment. See examples of this unlawful demand by D87 (HERE, HERE, and HERE) - even demanding the addresses of...
Illinois (ECWd) - Governor Pritzker's "All In For The Win" $10 million lottery drawing for people who have received their COVID shots DO NOT apply to Veterans, Military, or anyone who may have received their shots from a federal facility. Also excluded are family members of those...
IL. (ECWd) - It has come to our attention that a company, which, according to the Secretary of State's Department of Business Services, is not registered to do business in the state of Illinois, has been soliciting local governments for donations or grants for the purported...
Shelby, Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County Sheriff Don Koonce has submitted his resignation letter to the Shelby County Board Chairman with an effective date of June 25, 2021. "Please allow this letter to serve as my official notification that I will be retiring and resigning my Office...
Shelby County, IL. (ECWd) - Editor’s note 4-22-2023: We updated this article with new photos. A previously unknown company, created in January 2021 in the State of Florida, has sent a "proposal" to Shelby County asking them to provide a $50,000.00 grant to establish training for board...
Rochester, IL. (ECWd) - Editor’s note 4-22-2023: We updated this article with new photos. In yet another failed attempt at circumventing the Freedom of Information Act, Bonnie Kurowski's newest endeavor, "IL Reporter" has contacted the Rochester Fire District using its Facebook page contact. Rife with misspellings, here it...
ILLINOIS. (ECWd) - Gov. Pritzker Activates State Emergency Operation Center, Deploys National Guard to Respond to Chemical Fire in Winnebago County Residents Within Two-Mile Radius Evacuated, Encouraged to Wear Masks Out of an Abundance of Caution State Officials from Multiple Agencies Coordinating with Local Authorities to Keep People...
Lake County, IL. (ECWd) - When reviewing a response to a FOIA request, we found incidences where former Avon Township Supervisor and current Lake County Board Member, Terry Wilke, described people by using terms related to disabilities and otherwise lying about them. Is this particular email, he...
