PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – The Paris Family Restaurant, on Illinois Highway 1 south of Paris, caught fire this evening, January 5, 2019, and the Paris Fire Department, Paris Police Department and the […]
Will Co. (ECWd) – Maripat Oliver, a current trustee for DuPage Township and candidate running for the Village of Bolingbrook trustee, has filed petition objections in the Village of Bolingbrook against “First […]
Belleville, IL. (ECWd) – Alorton Mayor Jo Ann Reed made an appearance at the Hearing scheduled today on her charges related to vote buying, disregard election code, official misconduct (forbidden act) two […]
LINCOLN, IL. (ECWd) – In what we believe is the first ever Electoral Board held in Logan County, 4 of the 6 objected candidates met in the Logan County Courthouse for a […]
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) – In October we received numerous files from the LaSalle Police Department related to their violation of the Freedom of Information Act as determined by the AG PAC office. […]
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – A recent filing by Rob Hanlon, the attorney for Algonquin Township Road District appears to have outlined a litany of facts that should be very problematic for Bob […]
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – The Northwest Herald reports that Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner Andrew Gasser is being investigated for Official Misconduct (OM), related to the purchase of salt. They reported records are […]
CAHOKIA, IL. (ECWd) – This morning’s Cahokia Electoral Board Hearing (meeting) was canceled because the board never posted a meeting agenda as required under the Open Meetings Act. In the video below, […]
SHELBYVILLE, IL. (ECWd) – Shelby Township, the underlying reason for HB1896, just completed printing checks, stuffing envelopes, and mailing out those rebate checks to its approximately 2800 property parcel owners. The total […]
Coles Co. (ECWd) – The Coles County State’s Attorney, Brian Bower, was selected to fill a vacancy for an associate judge position in the 5th Judicial Circuit. The local paper reported that […]
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – After more than five years of arguments and two years of legal wrangling, RIDES Mass Transit District loses lawsuit designed to extract more than $154,000 from the residents […]
MORGAN CO., IL. (ECWd) – “The law is well settled that when the constitution or the laws of the State create an office, prescribe the duties of its incumbent and fix his […]
ATLANTA, IL,. (ECWd) – Earlier this afternoon, Objections to the nomination packets of six candidates for the positions of Atlanta Public Library District were filed at the Library District prior to its […]
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – During today’s Algonquin Township Special Meeting, Trustee Lawrence makes reference to an email sent to the trustees the night before fromRoad District Highway Commissioner Andrew Gasser. She claims what […]
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – Nothing like waking up on a Saturday before Christmas to the phone ringing instead of the jingle-bells of the Christmas Holidays. I recieved calls from people wanting to […]
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – The “Jeff Wood for Sheriff” campaign apparently submitted at least one false or incomplete D-2 Report to the Illinois State Board of Elections, this one in October of […]
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – The Algonquin Township Board is now facing more legal action against them, and all indicators point to Township attorney James Kelly as the root cause. We predicted court action […]
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – During the last Algonquin Township meeting, Trustee Shea, while acting in the capacity of chairman for the meeting, made a claim about the Road District tax levy that […]
Will Co. (ECWd) – Knowing their obligations and knowing the laws they are supposed to be following is the first step for any elected official. That is why my first public comment […]
Will Co. (ECWd) – Bill Mayer, the Township Supervisor for DuPage Township is embroiled in what appears to be a conflict of interest related to a phone service company called Call One. […]
Coles Co. (ECWd) – Coles County taxpayers filed a Quo Warranto action against Coles County and their contracted assessor as reported in this article. The suit was brought because the County contracted a […]
August Griffin, Edgar County Clerk and Recorder, has published notice of the Lottery for Simultaneous Filing for the offices of Paris District 95 School Board. This lottery determines the order in which […]
Illinois (ECWd) – A recent Freedom of Information Act request to the Governor’s office resulted in some interesting FOIA policies used during Governor Quinn’s term. According to a whistle blower, we have […]
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – Nope, you cannot make this stuff up! Melissa Victor, a self-proclaimed “numbers” person was unable to make heads or tails of certain bills and budget matters. At one […]
Will Co. (ECWd) – DuPage Township Supervisor Bill Mayer was confronted a few months ago about his affiliation with a company called Call One, which happened to be providing phone services to […]
Will Co. (ECWd) – DuPage Township Supervisor Bill Mayer appears to have admitted to a conflict of interest, that if true, could be a class 4 felony under the Township code at […]
Crawford Co. (ECWd) – The Crawford County Sherriff has refused to produce certain records connected to seized weapons even though multiple attempts to obtain the records were provided. Josh Burday with Loevy […]
Cook Co. (ECWd) – The Maine Township has refused to produce certain records tied to the General Assistance Public Aid information and even though we offered them a chance to rethink their […]
Piatt Co. (ECWd) – November 9th, 2018 I sent this Freedom of Information Act request to the Village of Hammond. Based on what we reported in this article regarding the Village of […]
Piatt Co. (ECWd) – We routinely find local government bodies being given bad legal advice from their attorney, but in the Village of Hammond, a new twist. Legal advice is given but […]
