McHenry Co., IL. (ECWd) - In a letter dated November 14, 2017, in which 20 of the 24 elected McHenry County Board Members signed, they urged Governor Rauner to veto HB171. McHenry County is essentially the only county in which this bill would apply. The letter stated "The...
Illinois (ECWd) - The recent State Board of Elections D2 Quarterly Filings by the Bruce Rauner Campaign reflect some very odd information, as did previous quarterly filings. Over the past several years, the Governor's campaign has returned a total of $51,950.00 to the State of Illinois citing...
Illinois - (ECWd) "Today my team and I are taking the first step toward restoring common sense in Illinois," Ives said. "I have started circulating petitions to get on the ballot as governor of Illinois." (Prairie State Wire) Although a formal announcement that she is...
Illinois (ECWd) - A Freedom of Information Act request was made for “any policy that is the basis for any agency requesting the assistance of the Governor’s office in responding to FOIA requests". We understand the policy sought does exist but the Governor's office is claiming they...
Springfield (ECWd) - Scandals are nothing new in Illinois, and all too often we find that even when exposed at the highest level of our Government, the problems still don’t get fixed. Illinois has been trying to modernize its 30-year old Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) system...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Watchdogs and the Illinois Policy Institute have submitted a joint friend-of-the-court brief, Amici Curiae, to the Supreme Court of Illinois in the case of Institute For Justice v. Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. The joint brief urges...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - A complaint was filed with the Illinois Governor's Office of the Executive Inspector General ("OEIG") complaining about: IDOT Chief Counsel's wrongful interpretation of state law IDOT Chief Counsel's lack of a definitive ruling base on established law Edgar County Board's failure to...
CHICAGO, IL. (ECWd) - A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about how the Illinois Arts Council Agency and Shirley Madigan were violating the Freedom of Information Act, which they have a history of violating - a couple of years ago we had to sue them...
Illinois Co. (ECWd) - Yes, I am just as upset about the income tax hike as everyone else in this state, but I wonder, why so much anger and concern over the legalized theft of your money while silence over other matters, to include massive malfeasance...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - It took a while, but we eventually succeeded in obtaining the alleged letter from the Higher Learning Commission being touted as the death to Illinois universities. People always "quoted" it, but could never produce it, now we know why. For several weeks, we have...
