Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - Cody Brands filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against Shelby County and its dive team on December 23, 2024. Mr. Brands is an associate member of The Coalition Opposing Governmental Secrecy (“COGS”), where ECW is a founding member. More information can...
Clarksdale, Mississippi (ECWd) - A few days ago, a Mississippi Judge signed a restraining order which ordered the Clarksdale Press Register to remove an editorial from its online locations, because the city of Clarksdale had filed a defamation suit against the newspaper in relation to the...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - We recently exposed payroll records for the Health Department that indicated a person was working when in reality they were on vacation. Those records are not true and accurate. Full article at this link. The backstop to identify this type of payroll...
Shelby County, Ill. (ECWd) - As further evidence that there was a previous unlawful appointment of Shelby County Board Member Teresa Boehm to the Rose Township Cemetery Board (holding both offices), State Senator Steve McClure has introduced Senate Bill 1241. SB1241 seeks to place the appointments to...
Calumet City, Ill. (ECWd) - In a case which should have never been brought, the Appellate Court upheld the Calumet City Electoral Board's decision to deny Nyota Figgs' objection to Thaddeus Jones' name appearing on the ballot, which was based on state legislation passed overturning a...
Shelbyville, Ill. (ECWd) - Just prior to the February 6, 2025, Shelby County Public Safety Committee meeting, a committee member can be heard asking if Austin Pritchard was on the committee, the chairman responded that he was not on this committee. Then, another board member opined...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - For years we have said legal opinions need to be in writing. A written opinion tells the public the reasoning for the opinion expressed, and from that, people can learn many things. In the case of Shelby County and Vice Chairman Teresa Boehm's...
Mattoon, Ill. (ECWd) - Mattoon School District #2 Board Member John Hedges has filed three false Statement of Economic Interest ("SEI") forms in at least the past two years. True and correct SEIs are mandatory for certain elected and appointed officials in the state of Illinois -...
South Holland, Ill. (ECWd) - Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard streamed a live video this evening from the comfort of her soon-to-be-former office at Thornton Township. Henyard's video from today was nothing but unlawful electioneering by urging people to vote for her as the village of Dolton...
US (ECWd) - That old saying "You Can't Make This Stuff Up", once again holds true. In the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Eastern Division, Federal Judge R. David Proctor has issued an order that frankly could be applied in pretty much...
