SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Yesterday, Governor Bruce Rauner signed HB1896 into law. This Bill placed a cap on accumulation of Township funds, other than the Capitol Fund, to 2.5 times the average annual expenditure [of each fund] of the previous 3 fiscal years. House Sponsors were Reps Halbrook...
ORLAND PARK, ILLINOIS (ECWd) - The July 26th, 2017 violent physical assault on University of Utah Burn Center Nurse Alex Wubbels by out-of-control Salt Lake City Police Detective Jeff Payne proves the power of the Freedom of Information Act and its importance in holding public officials...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - A Grand Jury was presented with 25 criminal charges pertaining to the former LaSalle County State's Attorney, and it appears, the eight that did not come back as a true bill of indictments were related to giving public funds to the local...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - "We have always done it this way," "Our attorney said it was OK," "That's how other counties do it." Those are the most common answers we get when we confront public bodies who are doing things outside their legal authority. It turns out...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Below is a copy of the file-stamped Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed against the City of Carlinville by Robert Bogue. We wrote about this lawsuit a few days ago (here). We urge Carlinville residents to remember all the city had to do...
LaSalle County, IL. (ECWd) - A Special Prosecutor from the Illinois Office of the State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor's Office was indicted on 17 felony counts yesterday in LaSalle County, Illinois - which arose out of his duties as State's Attorney. Download docket sheet (here), or view...
WHEELING, IL. (ECWd) - During this evening's Wheeling Village Trustee meeting, Mayor Horcher issued a Proclamation in support of the Constitution of the United States of America and celebration of Constitution Week. Yes! He advised "all citizens to reflect on all of their privileges and rights of...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - While Brain Towne is crying his indictment is an abuse of power and dirty politics, let us refresh his memory and our reader's memory about abuse of power and dirty politics, all at the hands of Brian Towne when he was the...
OTTAWA, IL. (ECWd) - According to articles in MYWEBTIMES and the NEWS-TRIBUNE, former LaSalle County State's Attorney Brian Towne was indicted late this afternoon by a LaSalle County Grand Jury. Reports indicate the indictment consists of 17 Counts of Official Misconduct and Misapplication of Public Funds. Thirteen of...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="194"] William "Bill" Thomas[/caption] This article is to explain the steps we believe were used by Trustee William Thomas and the other Atlanta Public Library District Board of Trustees to, in our opinion, pilfer and scam the State of Illinois...
