This is what happens when public entities permit unlimited accumulation of sick time and also permit the converting of comp ...

Kankakee County Board Member Chris Tholen has apparently resigned from office after a lawsuit seeking his removal was filed. The lawsuit filed by the State’s ...

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

Rantoul, Ill. (ECWd) – As suspected, Objectors filed their objections to the petitions asking for a referendum question to abandon electing Rantoul Village Trustees by district. Just as in 2023, the ...

South Holland, Ill. (ECWd) – Facebook user Joy Schreiber noticed that the Illinois Bingo License and Tax Act permits local governments to conduct BINGO games “ subject to ” the restriction of a $10 ...

Springfield, IL. (ECWd) – Last year when we were looking to verify the IDOT gun violence story out of Franklin County, WAND was also attempting to verify it. An email produced as a result of a FOIA ...

Cook Co. (ECWd) – The Village of Dolton’s legal representative, Del Galdo Law Group, LLC, has filed a motion to withdraw citing Supreme Court Rule 1.16 (a) (6). 1.16 (a) (6) - (a) Except as stated in ...

Sherman, Ill. (ECWd) – UPDATE: The Sherman Fire Protection District responded to our inquiry on whether they had policies permitting car detailing business in the district buildings. Fire Chief Todd ...

Chatham, Ill. (ECWd) – This is simply another example of government attorneys trying to figure out ways around the letter of the law, and in the end the only real losers are the taxpayers who paid for ...

Illinois (ECWd) – As another year draws to a close, we are excited about what lies ahead. We published more than 300 articles this year alone and have continued receiving an average of more than 1.5 ...