SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Save-the-Date ! UPDATE: Date was changed to February 6, 2018 @ 2:00 p.m. in Room 291 in the Howlett Building, Springfield. Everyone is invited to join us on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, for our Live Broadcast of the Hearing on Atlanta Public Library District's...
Cook Co. (ECWd) - Destruction of records without authorization from the State is a crime in Illinois, but then again this is Illinois. We first exposed the pornographic addiction problem taking place at the Country Club Hills Fire Department just shy of one year ago in this...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Once again we validate a long-standing opinion that gift cards are the biggest form of public funds theft in the state. In an effort to get to the bottom of who was responsible, we filed a Freedom of Information Act request to Algonquin Township. The...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has issued a letter (here or read it below) to the Jasper County Community Unit School District #1 in response to an allegation of an Open Meetings Act violation after the board's December 18, 2017,...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Starting the new year off right - Carlinville, the gift that keeps on giving...
FOSTERBURG, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has asked Fosterburg Water District to further explain how they rented a separate suite in Drury Hotels, told the hotel it was for a "meeting room" and then later claim to the AG and the...
Cook Co. (ECWd) - In yet another example of local government failures, the Maine Township Supervisor, Laura Morask, has once again provided guidance to the Township Board that is inconsistent with State Law. In this particular case, it's actually sad to see how out of touch with...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - We have continued to demand accountability to the law from the Coles County Board and to date, have been ignored. One thing they cant ignore for long is the law and case law to support the very point we have made from...
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...
