Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - The day after losing in Clay County, which invalidated all of his Executive Orders dealing with COVID-19 that were issued after April 8, 2020, Governor Pritzker posted a threat in a Facebook post, and sent two memorandums to local leaders giving them...
Clay County, IL. (ECWd) - We live-streamed an interview immediately after today's Hearing(s) in Clay County, July 2, 2020. Scheduled Hearings @ Clay County Circuit Court were.: Bailey v Pritzker - Motion to Bar Responsive Pleading, Motion for Summary Judgment (Granted Counts 2 and 3) Mainer v...
Hutsonville, IL. (ECWd) - Hutsonville CUSD #1 has sent a letter to the Illinois Department of Public Health and Illinois State Board of Education informing them that they are declining to implement the health and safety protocols as outlined in the 63-page "Joint Guidance" document published...
Hutsonville, IL. (ECWd) - During tonight's special meeting, the Hutsonville School District voted unanimously to hire Attorney Thomas DeVore for possible litigation (see Agenda item here) against the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education in response to the Joint Directives...
CHICAGO, IL. (ECWd) - PRESS RELEASE: CHICAGO, IL - June 30, 2020 - Republican William J. Kelly has just filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division against Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Kelly, the host of the Citizen Kelly Show...
Hutsonville, IL. (ECWd) - The Hutsonville, Illinois School District #1 will hold a Special Meeting of the Board of Education tonight at 6 p.m. to discuss the "Return to school 2020-21 options to include legal representation for litigation." The "return to school 2020-21" was issued by...
Clay Co., IL. (ECWd) - James and Kali Mainer have filed a lawsuit naming Dr. Ngozi Ezike as Director of Illinois Department of Public Health, and Dr. Carmen I. Ayala, as Director of the Illinois State Board of Education, seeking a Declaration that the health regulations...
DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - Earlier last week, during a routine examination of the State Board of Elections contributions database, I stumbled across a new Political Action Committee ("PAC") formed in May 2020, which had received $1,000.00 "donations" from 7 townships in DuPage County. The new PAC...
JOLIET, IL. (ECWd) - During today's hearing on John Norton's Motion to Vacate a Plenary No Stalking/No Contact Order against him (which according to a police report has broken), a briefing schedule was prepared, with a new court date of July 29, 2020, at 10:30 a.m. When...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - Former Springfield (Sangamon County) Mass Transit District facilities manager, Aaron Beck, charged with three felony counts of official misconduct and three felony counts of theft of government property. We wrote about his termination from the district in September 2019 (read it here). We know...
