Illinois (ECWd) – Last week we broke the story on the Illinois State Police (ISP), having spent $237,316.47 on Freedom of Information Act lawsuit settlements in the last five years....
...the grand jury subpoena. They provided a heavily redacted copy, refused to un-redact any of it, and we then filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit in Edgar County Circuit...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) – Our Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against School District 95 in Paris, Illinois was finally heard in court yesterday. The suit was filed after the school...
...resulted in zero action being taken by the Attorney General. That request resulted in our filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Illinois State Police, (ISP) who...
...pay the legal bills created from the numerous FOIA lawsuits the Village faces or if she has determined the lawyers demanding the law be followed constitute them being unreasonably difficult....
Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) – Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard and Dolton Trustee Andrew Holmes have been named as Defendants in a civil lawsuit by a former Dolton and Thornton Township employee...
Thornton Township (ECWd) – We, Edgar County Watchdogs, Inc., filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit last year when Thornton Township and Supervisor Tiffany Henyard’s failed to respond to requests...
Will Co., Ill. (ECWd) – During the February 29, 2024, hearing in the Brzana v. Wesley Township Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, Welsey Township’s attorney, and even the judge, opined...
...suburban Chicago village abide by the law. The Chicago-based law firm of Mauck & Baker is representing the church in the religious discrimination lawsuit that the congregation has filed against...
McDonough Co. (ECWd) – McDonough County and its Sheriff in his individual capacity, Nicholas Petitgout, have been named in a Federal lawsuit alleging the following. Count I -Violation of 1st...
