Are you tired of the political bantering back and forth and the mainstream media’s talking points about what the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” does or ...

Illinois (ECWd) – Q: Are federal and state grand jury subpoenas subject to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act? A: The short answer is “YES” subpoenas are public records once served on their ...

We covered the dismissal of the Sheriff from the lawsuit brought by Chad Hammond in this article.  According to the public ...

We received additional records in the Oakland Fire Protection District criminal spending by Kyley Willison and allegedly his ...

Shelby Co. (ECWd) – The Shelby County Board passed a credit card policy during their last regular meeting. When board member Tim Brown questioned the reasoning for adopting the policy since they ...

We noted in a prior Shelby County article that Shelby County is one of 62 counties now being sued in federal court, thanks to ...

Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) – A Federal Grand Jury has issued another subpoena to the Village of Dolton requesting records of Mayor Tiffany Henyard and others, as part of an ongoing federal investigation into ...

URBANA, IL. (ECWd) – We recently published the Attorney General’s opinion that Urbana recently violated the Open Meetings Act twice by their content-based prohibiting of certain public comment during ...

Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) – Dolton’s former Assistant Police Chief Lewis Lacey is no longer listed as a certified police officer in the ILETSB officer certification database. Lacey is the officer who was ...

South Holland, IL. (ECWd) – South Suburban College threatened to cancel its contract with “Good Burger” which is owned by Tiffany Henyard who is also the Mayor of Dolton (for now) and Thornton ...

Sangamaon Co. (ECWd) – Village of Rochester, Illinois Mayor Joseph Suerdieck provided a letter to the Editor of the State Journal-Register in relation to the settlement in a lawsuit brought against ...

Bradley, IL. (ECWd) – UPDATE 9-14-2020: Catherine Wojnarowski, through her attorney, has stated that she does not remember sending this message, and even if she did, she considers it an invasion of ...