Madison County, Ill. (ECWd) – Once more, Governor Pritzker has signed a bill making what used to be unauthorized compensation, authorized. We previously wrote about the Metro East Sanitary District’s...
...3d 989 (2d Dist. 2009), and Argo High School Council of local 571 v. Argo Community High School District 217, 163 Ill. App. 3d 578 (1st Dist. 1987). However, both...
DeKalb Co., Ill. (ECWd) – Sycamore, Illinois, where real estate tax preferential assessments are apparently being improperly applied to platted real estate developments after lots or entire developments are sold...
Illinois (ECWd) – The Illinois Open Meetings Act is the state law that governs meetings for units of government. Over the years there have been hundreds of things that took...
Dewitt Co. (ECWd)- The former Wapella Township Road District Highway Commissioner who was charged with 23 felony counts has pled guilty to one Class 3 felony and is sentenced to...
Illinois (ECWd)- The Edgar County Watchdogs were honored to once again be invited to speak on Jeanne Ives’ “The Real Story” show on AM560 Sunday night, July 23, 2023. Some...
...district would have to pay back some grant funds, but the district would probably not be notified of the exact amount, and which grants, until around the September timeframe. The...
PARIS, Ill. (ECWd) – After allegations of approximately $3.24 million of unallowed grant expenditures within Paris Union School District 95, Acting Superintendent Lorraine Bailey submitted the district’s corrective action plan...
...on the district in June 2023. According to the Complaint, we are alleging D95 violated FOIA by failing to provide the federal grand jury subpoena(s) issued to the school district...
...also in talks with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to see if they will agree to purchase the marina. Marina discussion is at approximately the 1:02:20 mark in the...
