Urbana, Ill. (ECWd) - Article republished with permission from Check CU. The City of Urbana, Illinois has violated public records laws once again, according to the Illinois Attorney General. Nearly six months ago, Check CU published an article showing that Urbana officials were going out of their way to...
Springfield, Ill. (ECWd) - The Illinois State Board of Education has declined to provide the email addresses of its employees pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request by claiming that disclosing the email addresses of its employees (who presumably actually use the email addresses to...
Lisle Twp., Ill. (ECWd) - On November 1, 2023, embattled Lisle Township Supervisor Diane Hewitt was arrested by Warrenville Police Department and later charged with misdemeanor Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol. Her next court appearance for case number 2023DT002173 is scheduled for November 29, 2023, at...
Edgar County, Ill. (ECWd) - November 18, 2023, will be the 10th anniversary of the firebombing of two airplanes as they were sitting at the Edgar County Airport. If anyone has any knowledge related to this incident, you are encouraged to contact the authorities - or contact...
Washington, D.C. (ECWd) - See below: [pdf-embedder url="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Code-of-Conduct-for-Justices_November_13_2023.pdf"] ...
Edgar Co., Ill. (ECWd) - On November 22, 2023, at 8:45 a.m. at the Edgar County Courthouse, the Edgar County Board will hold a Hearing for all interested individuals to comment on the proposed tax increase for the Special Service Area No. 1 Ambulance Service. The proposed...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - One of the key tools for local government accountability is found with a criminal investigation. By all indications of what we are reading on local social media pages, outbursts from people in county board meetings and public comments, it is clear a...
Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - When Shelby and other counties were questioned on their practices of leasing out county-owned farmland to private farmers for their own personal profit, at least one county, Shelby, attempted to make it legal by convincing an out-of-district State Representative to introduce...
Will-Grundy-Kendall Counties, Ill. (ECWd) – This is part 5 in a series of articles on the Will County and Grundy-Kendall Counties Regional Offices of Education (“ROE”). Read parts 1 – 2 – 3 and 4. We attended the PDA board meeting earlier this month and just prior to...
Dalzell, Ill. (ECWd) - Press release … On November 7, 2023 at 7:00 PM, a meeting was called by Dalzell Mayor Gary Orlandi to discuss the relationship between the Village of Dalzell and the Dalzell Fire Protection District. In attendance were Mayor Orlandi, Village of Dalzell attorney...
