Thornton Twp. (ECWd) - Thornton Township, headed up by Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard, was sued in Cook County Circuit Court today alleging violations of the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") on several occasions. The Edgar County Watchdogs had requested credit card statements and credit card purchase receipts...
Rantoul, IL. (ECWd) - We will be attending and livestreaming the Rantoul Electoral Board's Hearing at 1:30 this afternoon. You can watch it on our webpage, or out Facebook or YouTube pages. The Electoral Board will hear an objection to the Referendum question to dissolve district representation of the Village...
Poplar Grove, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Poplar Grove's Electoral Board is set to hold a meeting to consider several election petition objections on Monday, January 16, 2023. Monday is a state and federal holiday celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Open Meetings Act prohibits special...
Champaign Co. (ECWd) - Mahomet Township Highway Commissioner Chris Doenitz appears to have failed to file the required Statement of Economic Interest document as an elected official for years. Those SEI filings are required at the time of the election and every year in office. According...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - The full text of the Illinois gun ban is below. Anything that is underlined is NEW language in the law. Please read it as some provisions have already taken effect and some ("high capacity" magazine) are effective in 90 days from its signing. The only...
Calumet Park (ECWd) - Election petitions were turn in for candidates for the Calumet Park School District 132 and four of them had petition objections filed against them: Karen Ivy (current board member - default-no show), Kimberly Watson (current board member - withdrew), Corliss Smith (withdrew),...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - HB2369, which amends the Illinois Military Veterans Assistance Act has passed both Houses with Senate Amendment 1. This Bill is far-reaching and corrects many mistakes made or unforeseen in last fall's amendment, and fixes most of the issues we have been addressing for...
Champaign County (ECWd) - Edited to correct spelling mistakes. An article published today in the News Gazzette has now exposed some of the behind-the-scenes things going on in Mahomet Township. Several months ago we attended our first Mahomet Township board meeting for the purpose of raising some concerns...
Madison Co., IL. (ECWd) - During the November 2022 meeting of the Veterans Assistance Commission of Madison County's "Executive Committee" the VAC Superintendent tendered votes on Motions as if he were actually a board member (see video below). This type of thing can never happen in a...
Illinois (ECWd) - Once again we find the Illinois Senate has pulled a bait and switch on legislation in the closing hours of their term. House Bill 5471 was introduced as an Insurance Code and Public Adjusters bill back in January of 2022. Senate President Don Harmon...
