...Monday, July 18, 2016. The public is invited. Topics for discussion include the budget and spending bill. . Please consider a donation to the Edgar County Watchdogs. [wp_eStore_donate id=1] ....
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...
...the bill as engrossed with the following changes: allows access to the verbatim recordings and minutes of closed meetings to duly elected officials or appointed officials filling a vacancy of...
...2013, email from then NIU VP Bill Nicklas to local DeKalb businessmen Doug Roberts and Tom Matya. This group was discussing a project that seems to be funded by these...
...know about Tim Sanders. Instead of championing the proposed Bill for how it mandates transparency by stating that all elected officials SHALL have access to recordings of the public body...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) – Have we come to a point in this country where actual educators of our children don’t understand our Constitution and the Bill of Rights? Diane McGuire...
...Cemetery to the Marshall Township residents who will foot the bill will be much less. The pay scale of township employees compared to Marshall City employees is much lower. Marshall...
...House Bill 4630 that specifically gives elected officials the authority to have unfettered access to closed session recordings. That bill has passed out of both the House of Representatives and...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – On the last day of session, the House unanimously concurred with Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 to HB4630. This Bill to amend the Open Meetings Act...
...are confidential. Effective immediately.” Keep in mind the Bill does not “grant the authority”, it simply codifies what already exists in legal precedence. The Bill passed out of committee in...