Michigan (ECWd) – Greenleaf Township, population 740, was ordered to pay $140,000 in legal fees and a $500 verdict for violating the Michigan Open Meetings Act. Michigan, like Illinois, has...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) – Bloomington School District 87 has been violating the Open Meetings Act by demanding people reveal their home addresses in order to participate in public comment. See...
...a 501(c)(3) non profit, and one of the Defendants of a Federal lawsuit filed in the Middle District of Florida alleging “Commercial Discrimination, Defamation by Implication, Libel, and Infliction of...
...“IL Reporter” has contacted the Rochester Fire District using its Facebook page contact. Rife with misspellings, here it is: We encourage anyone receiving this type of communication from her to...
...caution, local authorities have evacuated a two-mile radius around the Rockton facility. Residents are encouraged to seek shelter at Roscoe Middle School, 6121 Elevator Road in Roscoe. State health officials...
Lake County, IL. (ECWd) – When reviewing a response to a FOIA request, we found incidences where former Avon Township Supervisor and current Lake County Board Member, Terry Wilke, described...
Algonquin Township, IL. (ECWd) – Algonquin Township has been announced as one of four finalists in the Investigative Reporters and Editors (“IRE“) Annual Golden Padlock Award. From the notice of...
WESLEY TOWNSHIP, IL. (ECWd) – In Court this morning, Judge Osterberger held a purge hearing on her previous finding of Norton’s (Civil) Contempt of Court. The Court Ordered the following:...
...false statements, threats, and unreasonable demands, we took the only action left for us to take; filing a federal lawsuit in the Middle District of Florida. We named the following...
WESLEY TOWNSHIP, IL. (ECWd) – The Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor had issued a determination stating that Wesley Township violated the Open Meetings Act in relation to public comment...
