Coles Co., IL. (ECWd) - Coles County Supervisor of Assessments, Denise Shores, has attempted to charge an excessive fee for bulk electronic real estate assessment records, in the amount of $800.00 to Sage Information Services. This fee is not consistent with fee provisions in the Illinois Freedom...
Calumet City, IL. (ECWd) - Dolton School District 149 held an emergency meeting, and an electronic-only, in violation of the Open Meetings Act on November 29, 2022. During the meeting, the board appointed Mercedes Francisco to the alleged vacant board seat created by the board's unlawful removal...
DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - On Wednesday, DuPage County Circuit Judge Guerin granted our Motion for Leave to Intervene in the DUI case # 22-CF-259 of Dana Davenport in which she plead Guilty to DUI. Our intervention motion is simply to unseal (ask the court to reverse...
Dolton, IL. (ECWd) - Last week, five separate FOIA lawsuits were filed in Cook County Circuit Court naming the Village of Dolton as Defendant. It is our understanding after speaking to residents, that Dolton employee (or contractor depending on what day it is and who is...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - The Third Appellate Court issued its 22-page Opinion/Order on Will County Sheriff's appeal of Summary Judgment granted in our favor by the Will County Circuit Court on a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit we filed against the Will County Sheriff for denying...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - When a politician names something the "Truth In Politics Act" you can bet its actual meaning is the opposite of its title. Illinois State Representative Denyse Wang Stoneback has introduced HB5850 which would criminalize certain speech directed at political campaigns. The bill prescribes...
Calumet City, IL. (ECWd) - Dolton School District 149 has published an agenda for an "emergency" meeting tonight at 6 p.m. and published it less than 48 hours prior to an alleged Emergency School Board meeting. It is also a Zoom-only meeting since they are apparently seeking...
Poplar Grove, IL. (ECWd) - This should be a textbook lesson learned for anyone running for public office: If you are running for office, and your opponent publishes true statements about your past, filing a lawsuit alleging defamation or anything else will not go well and...
Dolton, IL. (ECWd) - In another display of wasteful spending and comingling of resources within the village of Dolton and Thornton Township, a woman attempted to attend an official township event and was forced to leave by Dolton police officers acting on township supervisor Henyard's unlawful...
Mattoon, IL. (ECWd) - Prior to the November 15, 2022, Mattoon School Board Meeting, Board Chairman Michelle Skinlo was caught electioneering on school property when we spotted her passing her election petition sheet to a fellow board member for his signature while seated at the boardroom...
