Chicago, IL. (ECWd) – Kirk Allen and the Edgar County Watchdogs have filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court alleging that the Illinois Department of Public Health has violated the...
St. Louis, MO. (ECWd) – Kirk Allen was interviewed on the Mark Reardon Show on KMOX this evening. Listen to it here on KMOX, at about the 15:40 mark, or...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) – Kirk Allen and the Edgar County Watchdogs have filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Illinois State Police seeking public record related to the...
...of its own book” and exposing corruption and malfeasance in turn. Kirk Allen and John Kraft started Edgar County Watchdogs, a government-accountability nonprofit, in 2011. By appearance, it is a...
...(IRE), Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), and the Chicago Headline Club Kirk Allen Member: Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), and the Chicago Headline Club ——————————————-...
...the underlined portion was omitted from the response I received back in July of 2020. “Mr. Allen, The internal investigation conducted by our department was started by our own processes...
...busted as many Republicans as Democrats,” Allen says. As fascists go, Kraft and Allen keep strange company. Kraft says he’s been granted media credentials to cover the legislature. Both men...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) – Last August, after hearing about the officer-involved shooting of Lantrell Allen by members of the Chicago Police Department, and reading CPD’s official statements to the public,...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) – This morning, Illinois State Representative Allen Skillicorn posted his resignation on his Facebook page, and stated he was on his way to Arizona where he purchased...
...can be downloaded at this link or viewed below. Illinois Leaks - Edgar County Watchdogs - Kirk Allen - Response to FOIA of 12.21.20 - Re. Investigation of Bill Mayer...