...never be known. As reported on this site, Fox & DuJan prevailed in several lawsuits against both the OPPL and the Village of Orland Park, winning over $67,000 in settlements...
The Illinois Metropolitan Investment Fund ran into trouble a couple years ago when one of the funds they invested in fraudulently squandered the public funds. Initially, the estimate of recovery...
Cook County, IL. (ECWd) – ‘Watchdogs’ appeal DuPage judge’s OK of lawsuit over reporting of alleged ‘pay to play’ for COD contract Jonathan Bilyk Aug. 31, 2016, 4:14pm Journalists who...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – We wrote in December 2015 about RIDES threatening a lawsuit (here) and explained the situation pretty thoroughly. RIDES-MTD filed the lawsuit a couple weeks ago. The...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – Governor Rauner signed HB 5683, which amends the Open Meetings Act to allow anyone to file a lawsuit for violations of the Open Meetings Act within...
...documents a SLAPP (strategic litigation against public participation) lawsuit that Bittman filed against the authors and teaches readers what they can do to survive and defeat such a SLAPP. There...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) – Today, DuPage County Judge Kleeman ruled on the standard 619 Motions to Dismiss the lawsuits brought by Carla Burkhart and Herricane Graphics against the Edgar County...
...sexually molested a child in the Daycare’s care. Donnie Russell, Melba Sanders’ son, was charged and plead guilty to his actions. The allegations in a new lawsuit say that Sanders...
As if FBI criminal investigations, SEC Bond fraud investigations, multiple resignations, and a potential class action lawsuit are not enough to expose the malfeasance of some of the current board...
...one will be in Springfield, IL. in August. Additionally, one of the attendees has filed his first Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against his local school district (read about it...