DeKalb Co. (ECWd) - We previously printed a story regarding Northern Illinois University’s Interim CFO Nancy Suttenfield’s alleged attempt to save the Illinois taxpayers’ monies by refusing to accept a final written report generated by an illegitimate consulting/assessment contract—but only after she had already spent $468,050...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - After attending a couple DuPage County Board Meetings and voicing our opinions on the full compensation received by their elected officials, and the fact is, it had never been placed in an Ordinance setting their compensation (until last month), the DuPage County...
Springfield, IL (ECWd) - In light of yesterday's announcement by the FBI that no prosecution will be sought pertaining to Hillary Clinton's confirmed wrongdoing, what better time to bring things back to our core foundational belief as an organization. If you can't fix your local...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - If you're not familiar with the illegal activities LaSalle County State's Attorney Brian Towne has involved himself in I suggest you review those articles found at this link. Below is a letter to the editor that apparently the local paper would not...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The College of DuPage has been under criminal investigations by the State's Attorney and the FBI for over a year and a half for numerous issues relating to illegal spending and questionable contracts they had with COD Foundation Board Members and...
Naperville, IL. (ECWd) - Last May I requested W2 Forms to compare what DuPage County told the IRS its elected officials were receiving in compensation, to what they were actually receiving. My request was denied and I filed a request for review with the Illinois Attorney General's...
Terre Haute, IN. (ECWd) - Michael J. Wright, the attorney for Vigo County, Indiana, in a response to a complaint file with the Indiana Public Access Counselor, claimed that a recent request for public records was nothing more than harassment. [documentcloud url="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2938941-20160701122501743/annotations/305761.html"] There is no stipulation to claim...
Terre Haute, IN. (ECWd) - It appears to us that Vigo County and its agencies are having a problem complying with Indiana's Access to Public Records Act ("APRA") - similar to what we see across Illinois. AÂ request was filed for conflict of interest statements and payroll records,...
Springfield, IL (ECWd) - We are urging Governor Rauner to Veto Senate Bill 212 based on evidence that the key person behind it has violated the law. LaSalle County State's Attorney Brian Towne has pushed for SB212 to pass and by all indications, our legislatures were...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - On June 30, 2016, Gov. Rauner signed HB4630 which made a change to the Illinois Open Meetings Act. Jeanne Ives was the Chief Sponsor in the House, along with Sponsor Peter Breen and others, with Michael Connelly as Chief Sponsor in the Senate. It...
