SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – Today, Governor Rauner signed the Local Government Travel Expense Control Act (read it here) which is meant to scale back on the lavish expenses incurred by...
...to ALL closed session recordings. We got involved only after learning the school board was overstepping their authority and refusing to allow access to those closed session recordings – and...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) – Illinois State Representative Reggie Phillips will be in Marshall, Illinois for a “Springfield Update” on Monday, July 18, 2016. The public is invited. Topics for discussion...
Springfield, IL (ECWd) – This morning, several legislators held a press conference in Chicago calling for the removal of the Illinois Auditor General. They filed a House Joint Resolution to...
Springfield, IL (ECWd) – Today Representative Dwight Kay along with 14 other State Representatives filed House Joint Resolution 0158 that calls for the removal of Auditor General Frank Mautino for...
Springfield, IL (ECWd) – Frank Mautino, our Illinois State Auditor General, requested a stay in the case filed against him with the Illinois State Board of Elections. We first shared...
...capped at 1%, a movement is afoot in Springfield to double that rate. And, it can be implemented at quarter-percent increments with a maximum rate of 1%. Why are they...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – What can the Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor do when a public body refuses to comply with requests for information related to a Request for Review?...
Springfield, IL (ECWd) – Yes, the Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino, “shall” be fined not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment in a penal institution other than the penitentiary not to...
...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...
