...Defender Bail Program. The original bill passed out of the Senate with a unanimous vote and was basically a one-page bill. The bill was gutted and an amendment was filed...
...11:30 p.m. (Police report here) As of today, May 21, 2019, Weaver is still employed with the Coles County Probation Office as a Probation Officer. This incident is currently being...
...Act (“FOIA”) and Local Records Act (“LRA”). Last month, I requested copies of certain public meeting recordings from the Library. Their response was: “We do not have the information that...
...period due to actions outside of the control of the public body, then that lack of availability does not invalidate any meeting or action taken at a meeting.” Great point,...
...actually read, I replied asking if the Agenda was posted on the door or anywhere the public could read it when the library was closed. No response was provided. They...
...the term of office beginning. Here, the county board has never properly asserted their powers to provide such health insurance and has never placed it into the compensation setting resolution....
...requirements for setting compensation. Being permitted by statute only means it “may” be included as compensation in the resolution or ordinance setting the compensation. The simple fact that a monetary...
...must be given of an employment contract entered into, amended, renewed, or extended and must include a complete description of the action to be taken, as well the contract itself,...
...we raised the flag on the General Assistance fund in this article, which pointed out a General Assistance fund balance of $1,672,706.00 as of February 28, 2017, according to the...
...allegation of a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) violation. At some point these township officials will learn that laws must be followed, and public records belong to the public. They...