KANKAKEE, IL. (ECWd) - Just received, under FOIA, the Kankakee City Council meeting minutes for the month of October 2017. As of this publication, these minutes have not been uploaded to the City's webpage. These minutes were approved at last night's (1-2-2018) city council meeting. It's a shame when...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - The ongoing property tax assessment issues in Coles County appear to be only getting worse. At the 6:48 mark of the newscast video below, which we posted in April 2017 in this article, the State's Attorney claimed that Bob Becker was not hired...
Illinois (ECWd) - As we begin another year of pushing back against what points to be a total disregard for the rule of law by our public officials, we ask that you take part in fixing a system that is failing the people. How can you...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - According to a report issued by blnnews.com, the Atlanta Public Library District's "Palms Grill" has a shortage of at least $9886.18 between April of 2016 and August of 2017. The shortage appears to be the difference between sales/receipts and actual bank deposits. Only...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Robert Bogue and John Kraft talk about the Edgar County Airport, the issues surrounding the false claims [by local media] that Bogue doesn't want any federal grant funds at the airport, why the Edgar County Airport has still not received the grant...
Want to know a good place to look for Live Feeds of New Year's Eve events around the world? Look here: www.facebook.com/livemap or www.youtube.com and search for live videos. See all the fireworks!...
CHATHAM, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has determined that the Village of Chatham has violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act. On May 9and June 13, 2017, the Village of Chatham held two separate regular meetings without posting proper meeting notices. In particular, the...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) All indications are Karen Lukasik is going to start the new year of 2018 with numerous outstanding Freedom of Information Act requests. We will draft our FOIA lawsuit to force compliance. FOIA Date -11/13/2017 A record of who received the 3 phone gift cards...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - With 2017 nearing an end, we find the City of Carlinville still embroiled in self-induced battles brought on by their failures to follow the law. Sometimes even going out of their way to thwart the meaning of the law to do whatever...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The City of Carlinville's council members received a Notice of Criminal Trespass during their last city council meeting. It came from the Illinois Alluvial Regional Water Company, a private company in which the city is part owner (at least for now). So Carlinville...
