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...
Washington, D.C. (ECWd) - UPDATE: Amendment to Rules Below are copies of the draft US House Rules and Summary. These will be voted on tonight. [pdf-embedder url="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/118-Rules-of-the-House-of-Representatives-SxS-V2.pdf"] [pdf-embedder url="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BILLS-118hresPIH-118th-rules-of-the-house-of-reps-V3.pdf"] [pdf-embedder url="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BILLS-118HResPIH-Fed-Gov-comv2.pdf"]...
Illinois (ECWd) - We covered the legislative bait and switch going on regarding wind and solar matters in this article just yesterday. Specifically, this new legislation, if approved by the house and signed by the Governor would strip local control from county governments when it comes...
