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...
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...
Algonquin Township, IL. (ECWd) – Algonquin Township has been announced as one of four finalists in the Investigative Reporters and Editors (“IRE“) Annual Golden Padlock Award. From the notice of...
WESLEY TOWNSHIP, IL. (ECWd) – In Court this morning, Judge Osterberger held a purge hearing on her previous finding of Norton’s (Civil) Contempt of Court. The Court Ordered the following:...
WESLEY TOWNSHIP, IL. (ECWd) – The Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor had issued a determination stating that Wesley Township violated the Open Meetings Act in relation to public comment...
...a house at that address the Township Assessor lives within eyesight of the new house, in an apartment building owned by the Mayor, and should be able to look directly...
Wesley Township, IL. (ECWd) – Wesley Township Park has a new sign at its entrance within the last couple of weeks, which makes the park less than inviting, and even...
IL. (ECWd) – Just a year or two ago, the Illinois Legislature took away Township local control over zoning for wind farms, now they are poised to take that same...
Wesley Township, IL. (ECWd) – John Norton, local gadfly and now apparently a conspiracy theorist, has decided to file for a Motion to Reconsider the Plenary 2-year No Stalking Order...
