LISLE, IL. (ECWd) - During its December 19, 2016, school board meeting, the Lisle CUSD 202 school board tried really hard at making school board videos difficult, when it could be as easy as simply placing the video on their website, make it available for download without restrictions, and forget...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Petition Objections filed, Electoral Board established, now the education begins. To grasp this entire Electoral Board process, we highly encourage you to read Part 1 and Part II before reading this article. We outlined that Part III to this story will be...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - In Part 1 of this series, we shared the first trigger that begins the creation of an Electoral Board. With objections now on record, the Board must convene to hear them. As outlined in this article, the initial Electoral Board has been disqualified...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Over the past week, we have brought you coverage of the positive actions of the Shelby Township Electoral Board as it relates to taking the right steps to follow the law as it refers to the Open Meetings Act. Those stories...
Moultrie Co. (ECWd) - In a guest commentary by Adam Andrzejewski found in this article with the News-Gazette, the public was made aware of what appears to be yet another bloated pay package for a retiring Judge in Moultrie County. That commentary exposed a $1.6 Million dollar...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - What was a simple request for a copy of a meeting video has turned into Mayor Tari Renner's staff violating state open records law. If Renner cannot control his staff, how can he run a city? I requested an un-redacted copy of the Bloomington...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Husna Ghani and Rafath Waheed turned in petition packets for election to the Board of Trustees at the College of DuPage, however, both have had objections filed against them due to alleged fatal errors. Those errors may subject them to removal from...
Shelbyville, IL. (ECWd) - The Shelbyville Township Electoral Board met this morning to hear objections filed by Robin Robertson, current Shelbyville Township Road Commissioner. Prior to the actual hearing of those objections, Brad Halbrook presented a Motion to Disqualify the members. His motion was well grounded...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - A 24-minute review of some of what we worked on in 2016. Enjoy, and thanks for all the tips and other assistance given this year, we couldn't have done it without you! . . Please consider a donation to the Edgar County Watchdogs. [wp_eStore_donate id=1]...
Sangamon, Co. (ECWd) - A letter from the US Environmental Protection Agency dated December 22nd, 2016 has confirmed that a complaint against the South Sangamon Water Commission has been forwarded to the US EPA Criminal Investigation Division, Region 5, in Chicago, IL. We will post...
