14 Feb Illinois State Senator Fine wants to ban your gas-powered leaf blower
Springfield (ECWd) - As if the Illinois Legislature has nothing better to do...
Springfield (ECWd) - As if the Illinois Legislature has nothing better to do...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - On December 26, 2015, Dee Burgin, in his employment as an Edgar County Deputy Sheriff, entered the home of a local farmer, Charlie Barrett, without a warrant and after Mr. Barrett clearly told him to get out. Under the law, Mr. Barrett’s...
Pecatonica, IL. (ECWd) - As I predicted during the January 2020 Pecatonica Township meeting, all charges against Rogene Hamilton, who was arrested for attending the township public meeting, were dismissed on Motion by the State. The majority of the Trustees in Pecatonica Township has spent the past...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - Illinois State Senator Bill Cunningham has introduced a new gas tax bill in the Senate. Senate Bill 2978, filed on February 4, 2020, seeks to permit all municipalities to impose a new municipal motor fuel tax (gas tax)Â in one-cent increments, not to...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - As we have outlined in several articles here, here, here, and here, the Shelby County board violated the law when they appointed a "Special" Assistant State's Attorney back in 2014. Even after all the substantial evidence that they did violate the law, the...
Springfield (ECWd) - Just when we thought the Illinois Legislature has nothing better to do as exposed in this article, it gets worse. As a diesel-powered vehicle owner, why should I not receive the same benefit as those driving gas-powered vehicles? Illinois State Representative Camille Lilly filed House...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - As if the Illinois Legislature has nothing better to do...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - It appears Shelby County is slow on the uptake of information provided to them. As outlined in a recent article (here), the County Government is not permitted to hire private legal counsel without express statutory authority. In the case of Shelby County,...
MATTOON, IL. (ECWd) - After our previous article on the City of Mattoon's alleged illegal appointment of an employee of the Mattoon School District to a vacant Coles County Airport Authority Commissioner's seat, I sent an email to the Mayor and the city attorney pointing them...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board Meeting scheduled for February 13th at 9 am is going to be held at the Shelbyville Visitor Center, 1989 State Highway 16, Shelbyville, Illinois. The location was changed to accommodate potential conflicts with the courtrooms needed that day along...