Federal Class Action suit filed against Coles County –

09 Jun Federal Class Action suit filed against Coles County –

Posted at 19:21h in Charleston, Coles County, Coles County Sheriff, feature, Mattoon, Oakland by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Coles Co. (ECWd) - "Coles County under color of state law has violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause in its unlawful, intentional and arbitrary, discriminatory assessments against Plaintiffs for 2016 tax year." After six months of citizens pleading with the County Board to do the right...

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09 Jun NIU refuses to produce records OEIG says exist –

Posted at 19:11h in DeKalb County, feature, NIU by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - Is Northern Illinois University and Dr. Baker deliberately contradicting statements made by the Office of the Executive Inspector General in their report on NIU released May 31st? The scathing OEIG report [here] on NIU Affiliate Employees included facts and findings regarding the hiring of...

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08 Jun Former Congressman Schock’s Motion for Discovery Regarding use of Confidential Informant – DENIED.

Posted at 19:59h in feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Illinois (ECWd) - The US District Court Central District of Illinois, Urbana Division has posted a recent ruling in the former Congressman Schock criminal Case. Schock, through his attorneys, attempted through discovery to obtain additional information. Schock argues "that the CI’s intrusion upon Defendant’s office violated the...

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08 Jun Jasper County State’s Attorney verifies fee policy does not exist in county clerk’s office –

Posted at 16:54h in feature, Jasper County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - I requested, in a recent Freedom of Information Act request, copies of the policy on collection of fees for public records, collection of fees for photographs taken of public records on a private electronic device, and copies of any county board approvals for...

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07 Jun Class Action Complaint filed against LaSalle County, former LaSalle State’s Attorney Brian Town and Felony Enforcement Unit Officers,

Posted at 21:38h in feature, LaSalle County, LaSalle County States Attorney by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - An eight-count Federal Class Action Complaint against Defendants LaSalle County, former LaSalle County State’s Attorney, Brian Towne, and John Doe State’s Attorney Felony Enforcement (“SAFE”) Unit Officers has been filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois...

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07 Jun Democrats cause Township employees to not get paid –

Posted at 15:26h in feature, Shelby County, Shelbyville by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 8 Comments

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SHELBYVILLE TOWNSHIP, IL. (ECWd) - The Shelbyville Township board of trustees held its regular meeting on Monday evening, June 5, 2017. During the meeting they went into executive session to discuss an appointment to the vacant seat of Township Supervisor. It was vacant because former supervisor Steve...

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07 Jun College of DuPage Petition for Permission to Appeal Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. is Granted

Posted at 13:56h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) – In what may be a real game changer for the ousted former President of College of Dupage, Robert Breuder, the Federal Courts have granted the request by COD to appeal. "IT IS ORDERED that the petition for permission to appeal pursuant to 28...

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06 Jun Paris Councilman immune from Ordinance violations?

Posted at 22:15h in City of Paris, Edgar County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - It has come to our attention that certain individuals appear to be immune from receiving tickets for Ordinance violations. Paris City Councilman Kemper owns a house on the SE corner of the S. Central St. and Elizabeth St. intersection that appears to have...

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06 Jun Frank Mautino – ISBE Members should be removed-Criminal Complaint filed

Posted at 18:56h in Auditor General, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Illinois (ECWd) - The State Board of Elections took the position during the Frank Mautino hearing on his campaign spending that there was no finding of a violation of the election code, only a finding that he did not do what the board told him to...

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06 Jun ECWd’s new look –

Posted at 14:02h in feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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We are in the process of migrating our entire website to a managed hosting plan and had to republish our last 6 articles because they were lost in the migration. We also lost the comments posted for the past few days - WE DID NOT DELETE...

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